Russian Language StudiesRussian Language Studies2618-81632618-8171Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba10224Somatic expressions in Krylov's fablesMikovaS SКафедра русского языка и методики его преподавания; Российский университет дружбы народов; People's Friendship University of Russia-People's Friendship University of Russia150120091364109092016Copyright © 2016, Russian and Foreign Languages and Methods of Teaching2016Somatic expressions used for describing feelings and emotional states of personages of Krylov's fables are being investigated in the article. Conclusions about functions of the somatic expressions and their peculiarities are made in the article. Special attention is paid to the somatic expressions containing national information and also to the cases of their usage in the unusual (authorial) meaning.somatic unitssomatismgestureexpressionposturesymptomnon-verbal communicationсоматические речениясоматизмневербальный языкжестмимикапозасимптомы