Language organization of perceiving the tone of mixed emotions manifested by facial expressions

The study conducted revealed a peculiarity of language organization of perceptive and semantic circular scales of the tone of emotions constructed in two-dimensional modules of model spherical six-dimensional structures of perception of facial expressions of mixed emotions on the basis of subjective assessment in differentiation tasks in pairs "face face" and identification through differentiation in pairs "face word". Rows of expressions of basic emotions obtained by means of mixing similar expressions of the six basic emotions served as perceptual material. Names of the six emotions and their synonyms served as semantic material. Verbal organization manifests itself in the fact that high percentage "mixes" of expressions form a linguistic relation of synonymy and establish categories. The order of expression categories in both circular scales is identical. Expression categories form verbal relations of opposition, such as antonym, polarity, gradualness. The study also revealed verbal relation of combinations of expression categories which take the form of complexes conveying a new emotional meaning. Complexes are formed on one level and are divided on another. For instance, expression categories of three basic emotions: joy, surprise and fear combine in a complex with the meaning of "interest" on the perceptual level and are divided on the semantic level. And vice versa, two expression categories of emotions of anger and disgust combine in a complex "hostility" on the semantic level and are perceived separately on the perceptual level. The two-level language structure of perceiving facial expressions of mixed emotions is based on grouping and segmenting them into categories with the help of identifying similarities and differences between mimic gestures as meta-words differentiated according to the subjective characteristic of the tone.