Dear colleagues,

We present the new, jubilee 20th volume of the international online Slavistics journal Philological Studies. The first issue is dedicated to the highly relevant philological and semiotic topic of Polycode in language, literature, and culture. The articles included in this issue problematize numerous aspects of today's current and in many ways attractive topics of polycode texts in contemporary culture from different methodological starting points. The second issue of the magazine unites a number of articles on Slavic literature, languages, folklore, and cultural history. The articles are classified into the seven standard sections of Philological Studies: Philosophical-Cultural Problems, History and Philology, Word in Historical and Cultural Context (Comparative Aspect), Literature in Intercultural Context, Modern Society in Culture, Language and Literature, Study of Speech, Linguodidactics, Reviews and Information.

This volume of the journal, with twenty-two published articles, was prepared by the editorial board of the Faculty of Philosophy of the University in Zagreb and was published with the participation and support of its permanent associates: the Institute of Macedonian Literature of the University Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Skopje, the Faculty of Arts of the University in Ljubljana, and the Institute for Literature and Arts from Belgrade.

We would like to thank everyone who participated in this year's volume of Philological Studies, especially to the authors who, with their contributions, once again confirm the importance of regional and international connections in the field of humanities.