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Synopsis
This 115-page sprial-bound reference manual devotes a full page to each of the 83 hand symbols used to write American Sign Language in SignWriting. Each page shows one handshape with 6 photos showing 6 different palm facings. The corresponding SignWriting symbol is placed next to each photo. Additional SignWriting instruction is included in the front and the back of the book. Written and photographed by native ASL signer and instructor Adam Frost, in collaboration with Valerie Sutton. The photos were photographed by Adam of his own hands.
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About the Author
Adam Frost was born deaf in 1982 to a Deaf family in Utah, and grew up north of Los Angeles, California. From an early age, Adam felt the need for a written form for his language, American Sign Language (ASL). Before 2003, Adam knew nothing of SignWriting, which was developed by Valerie Sutton in Denmark in 1974. Ironically, Valerie taught SignWriting at Los Angeles Pierce College in 1982, the year Adam was born. Later Adam attended Los Angeles Pierce College, receiving his Associates Degree in ASL/Interpreting in 2006. In 2003, while on the internet, Adam happened to come across SignWriting. He was instantly attracted to it. He joined the SignWriting List and asked questions on how to write signs, and wrote a school paper interviewing people about SignWriting at LA Pierce College. Adam became a skilled signwriter, and soon was answering other List member's questions. In 2004, Adam began working with Valerie Sutton as a member of the Deaf Action Committee for SignWriting (the DAC), dedicating long hours of work to a series of SignWriting projects. Adam is currently an Adjunct Professor of American Sign Language and Sign Linguistics at San Diego Mesa College, University of California San Diego (UCSD) and San Diego State University (SDSU).
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- PublisherSignWriting Press
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 0914336827
- ISBN 13 9780914336822
- BindingSpiral-bound
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages115
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