Description |
1 online resource (461 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
Preface -- Introduction -- How to use this dictionary -- One-hand signs -- Two-hand signs -- Index of English glosses -- Acknowledgments |
Summary |
This reference complements other American Sign Language (ASL) dictionaries by organizing signs by handshape rather than alphabetically by English word order. In so doing, it acts best as a recognition tool for the ASL learner, leading the user quickly to specific signs without having first to refer to an English-equivalent word. Multiple meanings of a single sign also allow deaf people to increase their English vocabulary. Like other ASL dictionaries, introductory material includes a brief synopsis of the history of sign language, the meaning and importance of the five parameters of a sign (handshape, orientation, location, movement, and nonmanual signals), grammatical rules, sign language variations (dialects), and finger-spelling principles |
Notes |
Includes index |
Subject |
American Sign Language -- Dictionaries
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American Sign Language
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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dictionaries.
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Dictionaries
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Dictionaries.
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Dictionnaires.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Brown, Marianne Gluszak, author.
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Nelson-Metlay, Val, illustrator.
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ISBN |
9781944838614 |
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1944838619 |
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