Abstract
The contribution highlights (by means of specific examples of Czech phrasemes that are an expression of mental and somatic manifestations) the importance of a holistic approach to human being, whose essence is the interconnectedness of mental processes with the "body language". The speech is based on the physical foundation of our body, our generalized experience is handed down in it, and it can be understood as an expression of change of human movement.
Psychosomatic phraseology, which works across nations, provides us with evidence about the relationship between the immediate, mostly subconscious, somatic activity and speech. The so-called Dialogical Acting with an Inner Partner is based on the connection of mental processes with somatic experience.
The essence of dialogical action is "the dialogue with an inner partner", in which a person acts (by movement, voice, speech) with him or herself. People act and reflect their own actions spontaneously.
They listen to the impulses of their body and mind and react to them. They react to them by movement and different body expressions, gestic manifestation is usually noticeable, and by speech.
The obvious interconnection of all those modalities captures the cognitive linguist's attention. They are never manifested separately but they create an united communicating whole.