Random House Webster's American Sign Language Computer Dictionary - Softcover

Costello Ph.D., Elaine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0375719423 ISBN 13: 9780375719424

Publisher: Random House Reference, 2001

Synopsis

The second in a series of specialized language dictionaries, Random House Webster's American Sign Language Computer Dictionary extends Random House Webster's established, successful sign language reference line into the world of computers, the Internet, e-mail, and the World Wide Web. This unique compilation of ASL signs is the ideal, up-to-date reference tool -- providing access to cyberspace for members of the Deaf community, their families, friends, teachers, and colleagues.

Features:

• Full-torso illustrations and descriptions of how to make the signs
• Lookup made easy through multiple cross references
• Full definitions, not merely one-word glossaries

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Elaine Costello is a prominent educator and author who has been associated with the field of deafness for more than 25 years. She holds a Master of Science Degree in deaf education from the University of Kansas and earned her doctorate in instructional technology from Syracuse University. Dr. Costello has recently retired as the director and editor-in-chief of Gallaudet University Press at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., the world's only liberal arts college for the deaf, and is a prolific author of reference works for the deaf.

From the Inside Flap

n a series of specialized language dictionaries, <b>Random House Webster's American Sign Language Computer Dictionary</b> extends Random House Webster's established, successful sign language reference line into the world of computers, the Internet, e-mail, and the World Wide Web. This unique compilation of ASL signs is the ideal, up-to-date reference tool -- providing access to cyberspace for members of the Deaf community, their families, friends, teachers, and colleagues.<br><br><i>Features</i>:<br><br>• Full-torso illustrations and descriptions of how to make the signs<br>• Lookup made easy through multiple cross references<br>• Full definitions, not merely one-word glossaries

Edition details

• Publisher: Random House Reference
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0375719423
• ISBN 13: 9780375719424
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288