Assertion: sign language | /r/SimilarTo | spoken language
Facets:
value: in many ways
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Sign language is just like spoken language in many ways, but it's also different.
text: Sign languages are like spoken languages in that there is a great deal of sociolinguistic variation (Lucas and Valli 1992 and Lucas, Bayley, and Valli 2001).