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Author : Keith Martin Cagle
Publisher :
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 14,9 MB
Release : 2010
Category : American Sign Language
ISBN :
Author : Jerome Daniel Schein
Publisher : Gallaudet University Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 34,2 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781563680397
This enjoyable book first introduces sign language and communication, follows with a history of sign languages in general, then delves into the structure of American Sign Language (ASL). Later chapters outline the special skills of fingerspelling and assess artificial sign systems and their net worth. Language in Motion also describes the process required to learn sign language, then explains how to use it to communicate in the Deaf community. Appendices featuring the manual alphabets of three countries complete this enriching book.
Author : Edward S. Klima
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 38,75 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780674807969
In a book with far-reaching implications, Edward S. Klima and Ursula Bellugi present a full exploration of a language in another mode--a language of the hands and of the eyes. They discuss the origin and development of American Sign Language, the internal structure of its basic units, the grammatical processes it employs, and its heightened use in poetry and wit. The authors draw on research, much of it by and with deaf people, to answer the crucial question of what is fundamental to language as language and what is determined by the mode (vocal or gestural) in which a language is produced.
Author : Charlotte Lee Baker-Shenk
Publisher : Therapy Skill Builders
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 42,73 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN :
Answers basic questions about American Sign Language. What is it? What is its history? Who uses it? What is the Deaf community? Why is ASL important? What are the building blocks of ASL? What is the relationship between ASL and body language? What are examples of ASL grammar?
Author : Ted Supalla
Publisher :
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 22,24 MB
Release : 2014
Category : American Sign Language
ISBN : 9781563684944
"This study investigates the origins of American Sign Language, its evolution from French Sign Language, and evidence about the word formation process of ASL, including data from the 19th and early 20th century dictionaries as well as the Gallaudet Lecture Films."--
Author : Carol J. Nickens
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 36,21 MB
Release : 2008
Category : American Sign Language
ISBN : 1435740769
Author : Karen Lewis
Publisher : Crown
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 13,2 MB
Release : 1997-08-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0385488572
Sign Language Made Simple will include five Parts: 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.
Author : Carol NICKENS
Publisher :
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 22,90 MB
Release : 2008-10-06
Category : American Sign Language
ISBN : 9781435740778
American Sign Language, commonly known as, "A.S.L." has a rich history that is seldom told. It is truly the original language of the United States. Just like the diversity of U.S.A. citizens, this language is an assimilation of languages and cultures blended together to create a unique language that has stood the test of time and controversies. This book explores the origins, heros, and development of this language. An easy to read format with photos and illustrations for readers of all ages to enjoy.
Author : Douglas C. Baynton
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 35,53 MB
Release : 1998-04-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0226039684
Forbidden Signs explores American culture from the mid-nineteenth century to 1920 through the lens of one striking episode: the campaign led by Alexander Graham Bell and other prominent Americans to suppress the use of sign language among deaf people. The ensuing debate over sign language invoked such fundamental questions as what distinguished Americans from non-Americans, civilized people from "savages," humans from animals, men from women, the natural from the unnatural, and the normal from the abnormal. An advocate of the return to sign language, Baynton found that although the grounds of the debate have shifted, educators still base decisions on many of the same metaphors and images that led to the misguided efforts to eradicate sign language. "Baynton's brilliant and detailed history, Forbidden Signs, reminds us that debates over the use of dialects or languages are really the linguistic tip of a mostly submerged argument about power, social control, nationalism, who has the right to speak and who has the right to control modes of speech."—Lennard J. Davis, The Nation "Forbidden Signs is replete with good things."—Hugh Kenner, New York Times Book Review
Author : Erin Wilkinson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 37,48 MB
Release : 2024-01-31
Category : Education
ISBN : 1003812872
Understanding Signed Languages provides a broad and accessible introduction to the science of language, with evidence drawn from signed languages around the world. Readers will learn about language through a unique set of signed language studies that will surprise them with the diversity of ways human languages achieve the same functional goals of communication. Designed for students with no prior knowledge of signed languages or linguistics, this book features: A comprehensive introduction to the sub-fields of linguistics, including sociolinguistics, linguistic structure, language change, language acquisition, and bilingualism; Examples from more than 50 of the world’s signed languages and a brief “Language in Community” snapshot in each chapter highlighting one signed language and the researchers who are documenting it; Opportunities to reflect on how language ideologies have shaped scientific inquiry and contributed to linguistic bias; Review and discussion questions, useful websites, and pointers to additional readings and resources at the end of each chapter. Understanding Signed Languages provides instructors with a primary or secondary text to enliven the discourse in introductory classes in linguistics, interpreting, deaf education, disability studies, cognitive science, human diversity, and communication sciences and disorders. Students will develop an appreciation for the language-specific and universal characteristics of signed languages and the global communities in which they emerge.