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The 26 pages that link to Sign language, each with the reason it gives.

• Nonverbal communicationCompared with: It is a full linguistic system, unlike nonverbal cues that accompany or supplement language.

• GestureCompared with: Unlike gestures outside language, signs in a sign language participate in a structured linguistic system.

• MimeCompared with: Mime may use gesture, but it does not ordinarily follow a conventional linguistic grammar.

• MudraCompared with: Unlike mudras, sign languages have grammatical systems for expressing open-ended propositions.

• Body languageCompared with: Unlike informal bodily cues, sign languages are full languages with conventional structure.

• WritingCompared with: Sign languages are complete languages, not simply writing systems or transcriptions of speech.

• AudiologyCompared with: It offers a language-access pathway distinct from auditory-based rehabilitation.

• KinesicsCompared with: Sign languages use visible movement linguistically, not merely as nonverbal accompaniment to speech.

• Mime artistCompared with: Unlike mime, sign language has linguistic structure and serves everyday communication.

• Spoken languageCompared with: It communicates through a visual-manual channel rather than spoken sound.

• Language (cognitive faculty)Compared with: It shows that language capacity does not depend on spoken sound.