Kinesicsとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κῑ́νησῐς (kī́nēsis, “motion”, noun) + English -ics (suffix forming nouns denoting fields of knowledge または practice),^[1] coined by the American anthropologist Ray L. Birdwhistell (1918–1994) in his work Introduction to Kinesics (1952):^[2] see the quotation. Κῑ́νησῐς (Kī́nēsis) is derived from κῑνέω (kīnéō, “to set in motion, move”) (from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (“to be lying down; to settle”)) + -σῐς (-sis, suffix forming abstract nouns または nouns of action, process, または result).

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /kɪˈniːsɪks/, /kaɪ-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kəˈnisɪks/
• ハイフネーション: kin‧es‧ics

名詞

kinesics (uncountable) (linguistics)

1. The study of non-verbal communication by means of gestures and/or other body movements. [from 1952]
   • 1952, Ray L. Birdwhistell, “Preface”, in Introduction to Kinesics: An Annotation System for Analysis of Body Motion and Gesture, Louisville, Ky.: University of Kentucky, →OCLC, page 2:

     Section I consists of a brief discussion of the general field of kinesics which, it is hoped, will be suggestive to others working in this area whether their central focus be linguistic, psychiatric, or general cultural. The field of kinesics is divided methodologically in a manner approximating the prevalent usage in linguistics.

2. Such non-verbal communication.

   Synonym: body language

関連する語

参照

Further reading

• kinesics on Wikipedia.

アナグラム

• ickiness