Gestures of greeting in the culture of communication in the south of Kazakhstan
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https://doi.org/10.25178/nit.2025.1.12Keywords:
nonverbal communication; traditional etiquette; Kazakh culture; Russian culture; greeting gesture; gender aspect; Kazakhs; Russians; Kazakhstan; southern KazakhstanAbstract
The article analyzes the ethnocultural features of nonverbal behavior characteristic of the Kazakhs, the titular ethnic group of Kazakhstan, within the multicultural environment of the country's southern regions. The source base includes information on nonverbal forms of greeting from ethnographic literature and dictionaries, whose usage was verified through the author's observations and the results of a web survey of residents (September 2024).
The study results indicate that the nonverbal behavior of contemporary Kazakhs continues to adhere to traditional etiquette norms. Gender-specific aspects of greetings and communication are also maintained. However, in practice, there is a diversity of forms reflecting the rich experience of multicultural interaction. General communicative greeting gestures function as situationally neutral and align in both form and meaning.
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Narozhnaya V. D., Kadeyeva M. I. and Kanayeva L. S. Gestures of greeting in the culture of communication in the south of Kazakhstan. New Research of Tuva, 2025, no. 1, pp. 156-171. (In Russ.). DOI: https://doi.org/10.25178/nit.2025.1.12
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Valentina D. Narozhnaya, South Kazakhstan Pedagogical University named after Ozbekali Zhanibekov
Doctor of Philology, Acting Professor, Department of Russian Language and Literature, South Kazakhstan Pedagogical University named after Ozbekali Zhanibekov.
Postal address: 13, Baitursynova St., Republic of Kazakhstan, Shymkent, 160012.
E-mail: vdn53ru@gmail.com
Mayra I. Kadeyeva, South Kazakhstan Pedagogical University named after Ozbekali Zhanibekov
Candidate of Philology, Associate Professor, Department of Russian Language and Literature, South Kazakhstan Pedagogical University named after Ozbekali Zhanibekov.
Postal address: 13, Baitursynova St., Republic of Kazakhstan, Shymkent, 160012.
E-mail: kadeyevamaira@gmail.com
Lazzat S. Kanayeva, South Kazakhstan Pedagogical University named after Ozbekali Zhanibekov
Senior Lecturer, Department of Translation and Foreign Languages, South Kazakhstan Pedagogical University named after Ozbekali Zhanibekov.
Postal address: 13, Baitursynova St., Republic of Kazakhstan, Shymkent, 160012.
E-mail: Kanayeva_80@mail.ru
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