President Volodymir Zelensky's gestures: An analytical approach
The article presents a case study on the non-verbal aspects of discourse, focusing on the kinesic and proxemic elements of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky´s speeches. It is based on the understanding that acts of communication —in this case, of a political nature— are complex processes involv...
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| Язык: | испанский |
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2025
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| Online-ссылка: | https://revistas.ort.edu.uy/inmediaciones-de-la-comunicacion/article/view/4106 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11968/7729 |
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| Итог: | The article presents a case study on the non-verbal aspects of discourse, focusing on the kinesic and proxemic elements of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky´s speeches. It is based on the understanding that acts of communication —in this case, of a political nature— are complex processes involving linguistic, paralinguistic and nonverbal elements that inform and communicate, regulating discourse within a given situation and context. In an image centred society, gestures, posture, setting, clothing and environment are decisive factors in achieving objetives and generating support for a cause. In this regard, the following categories are analysed: proxemic, body language, eye contac and facial-gestuarl expression, following the basic categorization of Ussa (2013), the classification of gestures proposed by Calvo, García and Pérez (2013) and the satudy on the rostrosfera (face sphere) proposed by Finol and Finol (2021). The results show that the Ukrainian president´s gestural expression varies depending on the context and his interlocutors. As a contrasting example, his remote interventions with European parliamentarians at the beginning of the conflict between his country and Russia are characterized by more restrained gestures, while those made at the White House alongside US President Donald Trump reveal greater expressiveness, illustrating how contexts, audiences and interlocutors influence gestural communication. |
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