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Kineme vs Chereme - What's the difference?

kineme | chereme |

As nouns the difference between kineme and chereme

is that kineme is in kinesics, a group of movements with an associated meaning, analogous to a phoneme in spoken language while chereme is a basic unit of a sign language; equivalent to a phoneme.

kineme

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (linguistics) In kinesics, a group of movements with an associated meaning, analogous to a phoneme in spoken language.

    • chereme

    English

    (wikipedia chereme)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (linguistics, dated) A basic unit of a sign language; equivalent to a phoneme.