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From the cover. Look up the sign to find the right word! This unique reference can help users locate a sign whose meaning they have forgotten, or help them find the meaning of a new sign they have just seen for the first time. The American Sign Language Handshape Dictionary organizes more than 1,900 ASL signs by 40 basic handshapes and includes detailed descriptions on how to form these signs to represent the different English words that they might...
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"Discover how simple learning sign language for kids can be! Whether it's for reaching out to a deaf person, chatting with friends across a crowded room, or just learning an amazing new language, We Can Sign! is an essential guide to getting started withAmerican Sign Language for kids"-- Provided by publisher.
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The Joy of Signing is one of the most comprehensive guides available for mastering the current basic signs used to communicate with deaf people in either the word order of the English language or in the American Sign Language pattern. This updated third edition provides the basic vocabulary needed for persons entering interpreter training programs. Over 1,500 signs are clearly illustrated and are grouped by chapter into their natural categories. Families...
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A user-friendly dictionary with 800+ ASL signs. Whatever your reason for learning the richly expressive language of American Sign Language (ASL), this book will guide you through the initial stages of your signing journey. It's filled with everything you need to master more than 800 essential vocabulary words, including detailed directions that make it simple to develop your ASL skills. What sets this dictionary apart from other sign language books...
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The easy way for kids (and parents) to learn American Sign Language. There has never been a better way to start learning American Sign Language. Ideal for parents of nonverbal children or children with communication impairments (ages 3-6), American Sign Language for Kids offers a simple way to introduce both of you to ASL. Build your vocabularies with 101 signs perfect for everyday use, all featuring detailed illustrations, memory tips, and hands-on...
6) American Sign Language made easy for beginners: a visual guide with ASL signs, lessons, and quizzes
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Become a lifelong learner of American Sign Language (ASL) with this guide for true beginners. It breaks down ASL fundamentals and gives you step-by-step instructions for signing more than 400 vocabulary words, organized by practical topics like greetings, hobbies, times, places, and more.
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The Freeman family--Charles, Laurel, and their daughters, teenage Charlotte and nine-year-old Callie--have been invited to the Toneybee Institute in rural Massachusetts to participate in a research experiment. They will live in an apartment on campus with Charlie, a young chimp abandoned by his mother. The Freemans were selected for the experiment because they know sign language; they are supposed to teach it to Charlie and welcome him as a member...
11) Hurt go happy
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Thirteen-year-old Joey Willis, deaf since the age of six, is used to being left out of conversations because her mother never allowed her to learn sign language. Everything changes when Joey meets Dr. Charles Mansell and his baby chimpanzee, Sukari, but as Joey's world blooms with possibilities, the everything changes again.
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This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and renowned researcher of sign languages Carol Padden, the Sanford I. Berman Chair in Language and Human Communication at UC San Diego. This extensive conversation covers topics such as growing up with ASL, Carol's early work with Bill Stokoe, the linguistic complexity, structure and properties of ASL and other sign languages, the development of new sign languages throughout...
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2005
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77 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 19 cm
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These short stories, playful pictures, and clear instructions are practical for parents and fun for older siblings. Let's Sign! features three sweet stories and more than fifty easy-to-learn signs designed to help you more fully enjoy mealtime, playtime, bedtime, and other daily activities with the baby in your life.
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Moses volume 1
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Moses and his schoolmates, all deaf, attend a concert where the orchestra's percussionist is also deaf. Includes illustrations in sign language and a page showing the manual alphabet.
20) Sign language
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c2002
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48 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
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Presents an overview of the history, development, and functions of sign language, as well as some of the different kinds of signs that are used.
