Editing Emblem (section)

=== Emblems vs. sign language ===
Although [[sign language]] uses hand gestures to communicate words in a non-verbal way, it should not be confused with emblems. Sign language contains linguistic properties, similar to those used in verbal languages, and is used to communicate entire conversations.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Distinguishing the Processing of Gestures from Signs in Deaf Individuals: An fMRI Study|first1=Fatima T.|last1=Husain |first2=Debra J.|last2=Patkin |first3=Hung|last3=Thai-Van |first4=Allen R.|last4=Braun |first5=Barry|last5=Horwitz|pmc=2693477|pmid=19397900|doi=10.1016/j.brainres.2009.04.034|volume=1276|journal=Brain Res|year=2009|pages=140–50}}</ref> Linguistic properties are verbs, nouns, pronouns, adverbs, adjectives, etc..<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.pnas.org/content/113/7/1766.full.pdf|title=On the Universal Structure of Human Lexical Semantics|last1=Youn|first1=Hyejin|journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |year=2016 |volume=113 |issue=7 |pages=1766–1771 |doi=10.1073/pnas.1520752113 |pmid=26831113|pmc=4763760 |arxiv=1504.07843 |bibcode=2016PNAS..113.1766Y |access-date=May 4, 2017|doi-access=free }}</ref> In contrast with sign language, emblems are a non-linguistic form of communication. Emblems are single gestures which are meant to get a short non-verbal message to another individual.