Nonverbal expressions of positive emotions by the linguistic personality of an American politician

The article studies the problem of interpreting nonverbal expression of emotions, which is considered at the intersection of psycholinguistics, intercultural communication theory, linguoculturology, emothiology and nonverbal semiotics. A universal, supra-cultural system for nonverbal character decoding has not been developed so far. However, there are local interpretive systems created by the expert community. We believe that the study of non-verbal expressions of emotions by the politician’s language personality is possible through the integrated application of such research methods as discursive analysis and critical discourse analysis, allowing us to consider the peculiarities of the dialectical interaction between discursive acts and situations, institutions and social structures, in which they are integrated. Modern artificial intelligence technologies can be applied in the analysis of nonverbal expressions of emotions, in order to evaluate the “average” public opinion. The purpose of this article is to analyze non-verbal ways of expressing emotions by the American political linguistic personality (exemplified by Kamala Harris, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton) and to highlight their transformations and existing trends. The article concludes that the non-verbal expression of emotions of the American linguistic personality as a phenomenon has a high level of social significance and has already become a part of the American value system. This process is not static, it is in progress today. In general, positive emotions and their nonverbal manifestations are becoming key factors, most often observed by researchers in the modern media environment.

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