The American Sign Language handshape dictionary [electronic resource] / Richard A. Tennant, Marianne Gluszak Brown ; illustrated by Valerie Nelson-Metlay.
By: Tennant, Richard A
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Contributor(s): Brown, Marianne Gluszak.
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TextPublisher: Washington, D.C. : Clerc Books, Gallaudet University Press, c1998General Notes: Includes index; Available through the EBSCO e-book Collection, which can be found on the Davenport University Library database page.Description: 1 online resource (407 p.) : ill.ISBN: 0585193266 (electronic bk.); 9780585193267 (electronic bk.).Subject(s): American Sign Language -- Dictionaries | Sign language -- DictionariesGenre/Form: Electronic books DDC classification: 419 Online resources: Access full-text materials at no charge: Review: "The unique feature of this dictionary is that it is organized by handshape rather than by alphabetical order. An American Sign Language learner can look up an unfamiliar sign by looking for the handshape rather than by looking up the word in an alphabetical English glossary. At the same time, an English speaker can look up a sign for a specific word by looking at the Index of English Glossaries located at the end of the dictionary. The introduction includes a history of sign language in the United States. Detailed instructions explain the organization of the handshape sections and the ordering of signs. The illustrations are clear and are described in terms of configuration, location, movement, orientation, and nonmanual markers"--"Outstanding Reference Sources : the 1999 Selection of New Titles", American Libraries, May 1999. Comp. by the Reference Sources Committee, RUSA, ALA.
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Includes index.
Available through the EBSCO e-book Collection, which can be found on the Davenport University Library database page.
"The unique feature of this dictionary is that it is organized by handshape rather than by alphabetical order. An American Sign Language learner can look up an unfamiliar sign by looking for the handshape rather than by looking up the word in an alphabetical English glossary. At the same time, an English speaker can look up a sign for a specific word by looking at the Index of English Glossaries located at the end of the dictionary. The introduction includes a history of sign language in the United States. Detailed instructions explain the organization of the handshape sections and the ordering of signs. The illustrations are clear and are described in terms of configuration, location, movement, orientation, and nonmanual markers"--"Outstanding Reference Sources : the 1999 Selection of New Titles", American Libraries, May 1999. Comp. by the Reference Sources Committee, RUSA, ALA.
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