Verbalization of Mimic and Gestures in Russian and Spanish on the Material of Corpus Data
The article deals with the ways of linguistic representation of somatisms. Using examples from the national corpora of the Russian and Spanish languages, the most frequent kinesic utterances are analyzed and the main communicative situations and emotional states in which they are realized are identified. It is assumed that the selected somatisms to a certain extent reflect the non-verbal behavior of representatives of different ethnic cultures. The paper indicates the relevance of this topic and its further in-depth study using a comparative method.