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THE NOMINATIONS OF GESTURE’S KINEMES IN MODERN GERMAN LITERATURE

THE NOMINATIONS OF GESTURE’S KINEMES IN MODERN GERMAN LITERATURE


Author:  Karpenko E. I., Gerus S. K.

Abstract
The paper studies thе kinematic descriptions of gestures in modern German literature. According to the gestures’ classification offered by P. Ekman and W. V. Friesen the authors identify the conventional and non-conventional nominations of emblems, regulators, illustrators, and adaptors.

Keywords:  gesture  ◆  kineme  ◆  the poetics of gestures  ◆  the German language

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