Multimodal Analysis of Handshake Etiquette at a State Visit Welcome Ceremony based on the ELAN Program

The handshake is an important element of etiquette in many cultures. It used various, not only official, but also informal situations that express greetings, farewells, gratitude, etc. In this work, the object study shaking hands during welcome ceremony a state visit. subjects are various modalities and their meanings when performing handshake. authors consider detail such aspects as requirements official communication: duration handshake, distance between communicants, types modalities: facial expressions, visual gaze, body movement. Particular attention paid to highlighting analyzing significance welcoming ceremony. conducted research provides information about meaning role other non-verbal distance, gestures, gaze which designed demonstrate politeness communicative situation. A special contribution topic identify function helps expression novelty lies analysis terms multimodality. Using ELAN software, at displayed visually, allows statistical methods match verbal elements