SEMANTIC POTENTIAL OF KINEMES IN THE RUSSIAN AND ENGLISH LANGUAGES

Abstract

Any system of means used to create, store and transmit information is a sign, the principles of use of which differ in different linguistic cultures. With the development of digitalization and remote forms of communication associated with this phenomenon, to study how to convey verbally the system of non-verbal means of communication, in particular gestures and facial expressions, is becoming increasingly relevant in various cultural systems. The study of the elements of non-verbal communication in written or oral discourse – both the gestures themselves and their correlation with speech – is necessary, since an incorrectly conveyed or interpreted gesture can cause discomfort to the interlocutor and even lead to a failure in communication. The article makes an attempt to study the basic kinesic units of speech in Russian and their equivalents in English, the results of which can be practically applied in intercultural communication. Using the example of parallel texts of the National Corpus of the Russian Language and National British Corpus (NBC), language elements included in the semantic paradigm of kineme, expressing the entire movement of the head are discovered and analyzed.