American Sign Language Concise Dictionary: Revised Edition â An Updated Visual Reference with 2,500+ Illustrated Signs

Sternberg, Martin L.

ISBN 10: 0062740105 / ISBN 13: 9780062740106

Published by Collins Reference, 1994

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: American Sign Language Concise Dictionary: Revised Edition â An Updated Visual Reference with 2,500+ Illustrated Signs
• Publisher: Collins Reference
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0062740105
• ISBN 13: 9780062740106
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

A concise edition of "the most comprehensive and clearly written dictionary of sign language ever published." —Los Angeles Times

Introducing the first revised edition to the original and most extensive pocket-size American Sign Language dictionary ever published. Included here are more than 2,500 of the most widely used words, phrases, and idioms in the language, with easy-to-follow illustrations of the hand, arm, and facial movements that express each one.

Completely updated and modernized, this monumental work introduces 500 new signs that have recently been added to the evolving American Sign Language lexicon.

About the Author

Martin L. A. Sternberg, Ed.D., is a native New Yorker. Deaf since the age of seven, he has spent most of his career working with deaf people. The idea for this book came from Dr. Elizabeth Peet, Dr. Sternberg's sign language teacher at Gallaudet University (for the deaf), in Washington, DC. Dr. Sternberg kept Dr. Peet's ideas and methods, but expanded the work greatly. Early work on the project received a federal grant from the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare to New York University, the sponsoring institution. A graduate of the City College of New York, American University, and New York University, Dr. Sternberg has enjoyed a distinguished career as a teacher at Gallaudet, New York, Hofstra, and Adelphi Universities. HE is currently chairman of the board of trustees of Lexington School for the Deaf and Lexington Center for the Deaf. He is the author of four ASL dictionaries and a Codies Award-winning CD-ROM, all published by HarperCollins. He also received Emmy and Peabody nominations for his ASL series by the NBC network, "Speaking With Your Hands," as well as medals at various international film and television festivals.