(Salle F101)
Morozova, Elena
(Russian State University for Humanities, Russia)
The Notion of Nonverbal Etiquette and Ways
of its Classifi cation
The paper investigates etiquette as a complex semiotic system which
has not received much attention in modern research. The two parts
of this system are verbal and nonverbal etiquette. While verbal or
speech etiquette has long been a subject of scientifi c interest, nonverbal
etiquette is still waiting for its turn. The present report thus
makes the fi rst attempt to examine nonverbal etiquette as a multilevel
system and to describe it using the achievements of various
disciplines : linguistics, semiotics, cultural studies, psychology and
ethnography. The report gives a defi nition of nonverbal etiquette,
a detailed examination of its levels, their components and the rules
which can be applied to different units of etiquette, and it allows us
to evoke some further related questions.
The paper offers ten possible ways for classifi cation of nonverbal
etiquette according to the type of signs being analyzed : like visual,
auditory, olfactory etiquettes, etc.
So the work gives some prospects for further analysis and the development
of a comprehensive etiquette theory.
