The Pocket Dictionary of Signing

Author: Rod R. Butterworth
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780399517433
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 246

Book Description
The simplest, most convenient alphabetized pocket guide to American Sign Language (ASL). Arranged in an easy-to-use dictionary format, this edition contains more than 600 signing entries with accompanying directions and illustrations. Inside you’ll find many special highlights, including: · Over 600 signs –a selection of the most commonly used phrases · Detailed illustrations -- showing exact hand positions and movements · Fingerspelling -- to aid in communicating words for which there are no signs · Memory aids -- to assist in recalling how to form signs · Special sections -- on forming numbers, letters, and constructing word endings · Comprehensive Index -- of entries and their synonyms for easy cross-referencing The Pocket Dictionary of Signing is the most complete pocket guide to basic sign language -- and it’s portable enough to be carried anywhere in a pocket or purse.

The Perigee Visual Dictionary of Signing

Author: Rod R. Butterworth
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780399519529
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 484

Book Description
The most comprehensive alphabetized guide to American Sign Language (ASL) available today. Unlike other signing books, which organize by "categories," the Visual Dictionary is arranged in a straightforward, easy-to-use dictionary format. Inside you’ll find special features offering a fast, simple approach to the art of signing, including: • More than 1,350 signs -- arranged alphabetically with directions on how to use each sign • Detailed illustrations -- showing precise hand positions and exact movements • Memory aids -- to assist in recalling how to make each sign • Sample sentences -- to clarify grammatical usage • Numbers -- from one to one million, including monetary signs • Fingerspelling -- a vital tool for communicating words for which there are no signs, or for when the sign has not yet been learned • Helpful hints -- suggestions and tips for easier signing • A comprehensive index -- with all entries and their synonyms for easy cross-referencing Authors Rod R. Butterworth and Mickey Flodin have written many widely used signing books, including Signing Made Easy and The Pocket Dictionary of Signing.

The American Sign Language Handshape Dictionary

Author: Richard A. Tennant
Publisher: Gallaudet University Press
ISBN: 9781563680434
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 412

Book Description
Organizes 1,600-plus ASL signs by 40 basic hand shapes rather than in alphabetical word order. This format allows users to search for a sign that they recognize but whose meaning they have forgotten or for the meaning of a new sign they have seen for the first time. The entries include descriptions of how to form each sign to represent the varying terms they might mean. Index of English glosses only. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Oxford English Dictionary

Author: John A. Simpson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780195218893
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
The Oxford English Dictionary is the internationally recognized authority on the evolution of the English language from 1150 to the present day. The Dictionary defines over 500,000 words, making it an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, pronunciation, and history of the English language. This new upgrade version of The Oxford English Dictionary Second Edition on CD-ROM offers unparalleled access to the world's most important reference work for the English language. The text of this version has been augmented with the inclusion of the Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series (Volumes 1-3), published in 1993 and 1997, the Bibliography to the Second Edition, and other ancillary material. System requirements: PC with minimum 200 MHz Pentium-class processor; 32 MB RAM (64 MB recommended); 16-speed CD-ROM drive (32-speed recommended); Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 200, or XP (Local administrator rights are required to install and open the OED for the first time on a PC running Windows NT 4 and to install and run the OED on Windows 2000 and XP); 1.1 GB hard disk space to run the OED from the CD-ROM and 1.7 GB to install the CD-ROM to the hard disk: SVGA monitor: 800 x 600 pixels: 16-bit (64k, high color) setting recommended. Please note: for the upgrade, installation requires the use of the OED CD-ROM v2.0.

Random House Webster's American Sign Language Medical Dictionary

Author: Elaine Costello
Publisher: Random House Reference
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 388

Book Description
New to Random House Webster's successful American Sign Language reference line: the important medical terms a patient or doctor needs to communicate in ASL, clearly described and illustrated. Whether in a medical emergency or a routine doctor's visit, it is crucial for medical professionals to communicate effectively with deaf patients. Here at last is an affordable and thorough dictionary of medical terms in American Sign Language, which is needed by the deaf and the medical community alike. Over 1,000 important signs for medical terms, including signs for illnesses, treatments, drugs, and anatomy, are defined in English (to avoid dangerous mix-ups), described with step-by-step instructions for making the sign, and fully illustrated with full-torso drawings in this easy-to-use reference book, the first in a series dedicated to special-interest American Sign Language. The only affordable medical reference in American Sign Language Every entry includes full-torso illustrations and clear descriptions of how to make the sign Includes important medical terms, from anatomy to treatments

The Gallaudet Dictionary of American Sign Language

Author: Clayton Valli
Publisher: Gallaudet University Press
ISBN: 9781954622012
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 600

Book Description
Created by an unparalleled board of experts led by renowned ASL linguist and poet Clayton Valli, The Gallaudet Dictionary of American Sign Language contains over 3,000 illustrations. Each sign illustration, including depictions of fingerspelling when appropriate, incorporates a complete list of English synonyms. A full, alphabetized English index enables users to cross-reference words and signs throughout the entire volume. The comprehensive introduction lays the groundwork for learning ASL by explaining in plain language the workings of ASL syntax and structure. It also offers examples of idioms and describes the antecedents of ASL, its place in the Deaf community, and its meaning in Deaf culture. This extraordinary reference also provides a special section on ASL classifiers and their use. Readers will find complete descriptions of the various classifiers and examples of how to use these integral facets of ASL. The Gallaudet Dictionary of American Sign Language is an outstanding ASL reference for all instructors, students, and users of ASL. *Please note that this paperback edition does not include the DVD found in the hardcover edition.

Let's Sign Pocket Dictionary

Author: Cath Smith
Publisher: Co-Sign Communications (DEAFSIGN)
ISBN: 095423846X
Category : British Sign Language
Languages : en
Pages : 407

Book Description
Over 1000 newly developed sign graphics from the large format 'Let's Sign Dictionary' are included in this compact volume. Illustrations are accompanied by written descriptions of handshapes, movements, context and variations. Face and body language are also illustrated and explained.

The Gallaudet Children's Dictionary of American Sign Language

Author: Jean Gordon
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781563686313
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 384

Book Description
Offers a dictionary of American sign language featuring over one thousand sign drawings with corresponding English words, usage in sentences, and illustrations, as well as an introduction explaining fingerspelling and signing.

Pocket Oxford English Dictionary

Author: Maurice Waite
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199666156
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1104

Book Description
This dictionary offers coverage of English as an international language, the defining style is straightforward and non-technical, and thousands of examples illustrate idiomatic usage.

Signing Everyday Phrases

Author: Mickey Flodin
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780399522369
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 260

Book Description
Organized by subject area and featuring easy-to-follow directions and illustrations, more than three thousand signs encompass familiar phrases for greetings, travel and direction, shopping, emergencies, health and medical conditions, and everyday expressions. Original.