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Cherology and chereme (from "hand") are synonyms of phonology and phoneme previously used in the study of sign languages. A ''chereme'', as the basic unit of signed communication, is functionally and psychologically equivalent to the phonemes of oral languages, and has been replaced by that term in the academic literature. ''Cherology'', as the study of ''cheremes'' in language, is thus equivalent to phonology. The terms were coined in 1960 by William Stokoe〔Stokoe, William C. 1960. (Sign Language Structure: An Outline of the Visual Communication Systems of the American Deaf ), ''Studies in linguistics: Occasional papers (No. 8)''. Buffalo: Dept. of Anthropology and Linguistics, University of Buffalo.〕 at Gallaudet University to describe sign languages as true and full languages. Once a controversial idea, the position is now universally accepted in linguistics. Stokoe's terminology, however, has been largely abandoned.〔Seegmiller, 2006. "Stokoe, William (1919–2000)", in ''Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics'', 2nd ed.〕 For further information see Phonemes in sign languages. ==See also== * Emic unit 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cherology」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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