ИСТИНА

Two experiments were carried out to assess the ability of listeners to identify emotion features of verbal and non-verbal behaviour regarding foreign language communication. The experimental corpus (Talk-Shows of German TV) was analyzed by two groups of informants (Russians and Germans) on the basis of two kinds of analysis: simultaneous and successive. Our analysis has shown that the decoding of emotional behaviour of speakers by native and non-native listeners has some differences. There are some differences regarding the kind of decoding channel, too.