| Edition |
Second edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (461 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
American Sign Language -- Dictionaries.
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American Sign Language -- Dictionaries. |
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American Sign Language. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Dictionaries.
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Dictionaries.
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| Added Author |
Brown, Marianne Gluszak.
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Nelson-Metlay, Val.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 1944838783 9781944838782 (OCoLC)1162371420 |
| ISBN |
9781944838614 (electronic book) |
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1944838619 (electronic book) |
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9781944838782 (paperback) |
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1944838783 (paperback) |
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9781563684449 (hardcover) |
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1563684449 (hardcover) |
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