Sign Language Made Simple: A Complete Introduction to American Sign Language

Sign Language Made Simple: A Complete Introduction to American Sign Language

by Karen Lewis
Sign Language Made Simple: A Complete Introduction to American Sign Language

Sign Language Made Simple: A Complete Introduction to American Sign Language

by Karen Lewis

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Overview

Sign Language Made Simple will include five Parts:

Part One: an introduction, how to use this book, a brief history of signing and an explanation of how signing is different from other languages, including its use of non-manual markers (the use of brow, mouth, etc in signing.)
Part Two: Fingerspelling: the signing alphabet illustrated, the relationship between signing alphabet and ASL signs
Part Three: Dictionary of ASL signs: concrete nouns, abstractions, verbs, describers, other parts of speech-approx. 1,000 illustrations. Will also include instructions for non-manual markers, where appropriate.
Part Four: Putting it all together: sentences and transitions, includes rudimentary sentences and lines from poems, bible verses, famous quotes-all illustrated. Also, grammatical aspects, word endings, tenses.
Part Five: The Humor of Signing: puns, word plays and jokes.



Sign Language Made Simple will have over 1,200 illustrations, be easy to use, fun to read and more competitively priced than the competition. It's a knockout addition to the Made Simple list.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780385488570
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
Publication date: 08/18/1997
Series: Made Simple
Pages: 256
Sales rank: 442,500
Product dimensions: 7.74(w) x 10.25(h) x 0.63(d)
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