Random House Webster's American Sign Language dictionary : unabridged /
Overview: The Random House Webster's Unabridged American Sign Language Dictionary is a treasury of over 5,600 signs for the novice and experienced user alike. It includes complete descriptions of each sign, plus full-torso illustrations. There is also a subject index for easy reference as well...
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Random House Reference,
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Table of Contents:
- Abbreviations Used In This Dictionary
- Acknowledgments
- Preface: Why This Dictionary
- Introduction: American Sign Language In Context
- Deafness And The Deaf Community
- What is the deaf community?
- Types of hearing loss
- Educational impact of hearing loss
- Nature Of American Sign Language
- Origins
- Is American Sign Language a language?
- Structure of American Sign Language
- Signs: the vocabulary of American Sign Language
- Historical change in Sign Language
- In Conclusion
- Guide: Hot To Use This Dictionary
- What This Dictionary Contains
- Requirements of a Lexicon of Sign Language
- Sources of signs
- Usage levels: the social appropriateness of signs and their English translations
- How To Find A Sign
- Complete entries
- Cross references
- Multiple entries for the same word
- How To Make The Sign
- Illustrations
- Descriptions
- Hints
- Dictionary.