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Humans have the ability to communicate through language, but they can also express through gestures. In particular, gestures can be transmitted through movements of body parts, face, and body expressions.<ref name=":12">{{Cite journal|last=Abner et. al.|first=Natasha|year=2015|title=Gesture for Linguists: A Handy Primer|url=https://goldin-meadow-lab.uchicago.edu/sites/goldin-meadow-lab.uchicago.edu/files/uploads/PDFs/2015_Abner,%20Cooperrider,%20Goldin-Meadow%20-%20Gesture%20for%20Linguists%20A%20Handy%20Primer.pdf|journal=Language and Linguistics Compass|volume=9|pages=437–449|doi=10.1111/lnc3.12168|via=Wiley & Sons}}</ref> Researchers Goldin Meadow and Brentari D. conducted a research in 2015 and conductedconcluded that communicating through sign language is no different from spoken language.<ref name=":5">''Gesture, sign and language: The coming of age of sign language and gesture studies''. Available from: <nowiki>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/282760416_Gesture_sign_and_language_The_coming_of_age_of_sign_language_and_gesture_studies</nowiki> [accessed Nov 04 2018].</ref>