The Non-Standard and Standard Head Gestures for Agreement and Disagreement in the Bulgarian Nonverbal System (Attempt to Describe and Analyze)

This article attempts to describe and analyze the Bulgarian microsystem of gestures for agreement and disagreement performed with the head. It is based on personal observations of real situations, namely evidence from gestures depicted in scenes from Bulgarian films. The microsystem includes parallel functioning gestures that are both non-standard, i.e. inherent in Bulgarian communication and not inherent in the communication of the vast majority of other nations, as well as standard, characteristic of both the communication of other nations and Bulgarians. The article investigates the differences in their implementation, the conditions for distinguishing them in the process of communication and their systemic nature.