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- noun linguistics In
kinesics , a group ofmovements with an associatedmeaning ,analogous to aphoneme inspoken language .
Etymologies
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From kinetic and -eme.
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(I recognise in kinemeru, thunder or storm, the root kineme black.)
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(I recognise in kinemeru, thunder or storm, the root kineme black.)
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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The term kinesics caught on among the linguists of the time, but in the 1960s, the kineme went the way of the phoneme.
she commented on the word kineme
(Linguistics) A meaningful unit of body movement or gesture made in non-vocal communication.
September 3, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word kineme
Like in SLs? Or like in Italian? Or both?
September 3, 2008