Sign Language Link: A Pocket Dictionary of Signs - Softcover

Cath Smith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0953506908 ISBN 13: 9780953506903

Publisher: Co-Sign Communications, 1999

Synopsis

This beginners resource is now fully revised and updated. The background introduction clearly explains the role and importance of BSL (British Sign Language) in deaf people's lives. It contains 1000 everyday words with 400 clear line drawing illustrations and easy to follow descriptions of how to make the sign. It describes handshapes, movements, facial and bodily expressions and gives details of regional variations. It features left and right handed versions of the fingerspelling alphabet plus the Deafblind and American one-handed alphabets with further reading and useful contacts.

About this title

From the Author

BOOKS DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Co-Sign Communications is a new publishing concern producing books about British Sign Language (BSL) and deafness. As recently as 15 years ago books on this subject were virtually non existant, but the intervening years have seen a mushrooming of interest in this field. Until BSL is given equal status to other languages, the Deaf community will remain an oppressed minority. As the century ends, there is still a long way to go before Deaf people in Britain achieve full civil rights, and this can no longer be considered acceptable. Co-Sign Communications is committed to producing high standard, affordable books that are accessible to new-comers and professionals alike.
Sharing knowledge and information to put an end to bigotry and ignorance are the most effective way of bringing change, and books are the best vehicle for doing this.

Review

Written for parents, other learners at all levels and BSL tutors, it is a clear and 'easy to use' dictionary of signs giving pictures along with a written explanation of each sign.   Naomi Chunilal, TALK magazine, National Deaf Children's Society, Issue no. 169 Autumn 1998.

Edition details

• Publisher: Co-Sign Communications
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0953506908
• ISBN 13: 9780953506903
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: David Hodgson
• Number of pages: 144