LINGUISTIC REPRESENTATION OF THE KINESIC BEHAVIOR OF THE CHARACTERS IN OLONKHO “NURGUN BOTUR THE SWIFT” BY К.G. OROSIN

Abstract

The article is dedicated to a study of semantics and specifics of functioning of linguistic representations of kinesic behaviour elements in the Yakut olonkho epic. The peculiarities of component composition of linguistic representations of elements of kinesic behaviour, as well as the duration of kinemes are considered. The article presents results of quantitative counting of kinemes in the olonkho, reveals the most frequent of them. In quantitative terms, such body parts as a torso and hands are the most productive. The article consecutively considers examples of descriptions of non-verbal components of communication according to the morphological classification, which is built on the principle of highlighting the main body parts in the realisation of kinema. The non-verbal components of communication used in the text of the olonkho serve to represent the emotions of the characters, to describe their character and to mark them in terms of their belonging to a certain group in the mythological classification.