Sign Language Made Simple
Language: English
Published by Crown Publishing Group (NY) August 1997, 1997
Series: Book 4 of 5 - Made Simple
- Softcover
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Seller: Eagle Eye Books, Decatur, GA, U.S.A.Eagle Eye Books
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- Title
- Sign Language Made Simple
- Author
- Karen Lewis
- Publisher
- Crown Publishing Group (NY) August 1997
- Publication year
- 1997
- Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paper Back
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0385488572
- ISBN 13
- 9780385488570
- Illustrator
- Michael Brown; Cassio Lynn
- Series
- Book 4 of 5: Made Simple
- Seller catalogs
- Reference
Part One: an introduction, how to use this book, a brief history of signing and an explanation of how signing is different from other languages, including its use of non-manual markers (the use of brow, mouth, etc in signing.)
Part Two: Fingerspelling: the signing alphabet illustrated, the relationship between signing alphabet and ASL signs
Part Three: Dictionary of ASL signs: concrete nouns, abstractions, verbs, describers, other parts of speech-approx. 1,000 illustrations. Will also include instructions for non-manual markers, where appropriate.
Part Four: Putting it all together: sentences and transitions, includes rudimentary sentences and lines from poems, bible verses, famous quotes-all illustrated. Also, grammatical aspects, word endings, tenses.
Part Five: The Humor of Signing: puns, word plays and jokes.
Sign Language Made Simple will have over 1,200 illustrations, be easy to use, fun to read and more competitively priced than the competition. It's a knockout addition to the Made Simple list.
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From the Back Cover
Part One: an introduction, how to use this book, a brief history of signing and an explanation of how signing is different from other languages, including its use of non-manual markers (the use of brow, mouth, etc in signing.)
Part Two: Fingerspelling: the signing alphabet illustrated, the relationship between signing alphabet and ASL signs
Part Three: Dictionary of ASL signs: concrete nouns, abstractions, verbs, describers, other parts of speech-approx. 1,000 illustrations. Will also include instructions for non-manual markers, where appropriate.
Part Four: Putting it all together: sentences and transitions, includes rudimentary sentences and lines from poems, bible verses, famous quotes-all illustrated. Also, grammatical aspects, word endings, tenses.
Part Five: The Humor of Signing: puns, word plays and jokes.
"Sign Language Made Simple will have over 1,200 illustrations, be easy to use, fun to read and more competitively priced than the competition. It's a knockout addition to the Made Simple list.
"About the title" may belong to another edition of this title.
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