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035 _a(Sirsi) i9781607313618
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_beng
_cYDXCP
_dIAM
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020 _a1607313618
020 _a9781607313618
035 _a(OCoLC)889642616
090 _aHV 2474
_b.R53 2014
049 _aVF$R
100 1 _aRiekehof, Lottie L.
245 1 4 _aThe joy of signing :
_ba dictionary of American signs /
_c[Lottie L. Riekehof]
250 _a3rd ed.
264 1 _aSpringfield, MO :
_bGospel Publishing House,
_c�2014.
300 _a360 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c28 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _aThis is a guide for mastering the current basic signs used to communicate with deaf people in either the word order of the English language or in the American Sign Language pattern. It provides the basic vocabulary needed for persons entering interpreter training programs. Over 1500 signs have been illustrated and are grouped by chapter into their natural categories. Includes line drawings and step-by-step descriptions of positions and movements, information about the origins of signs, as well as the correct usage of signs in context.
505 0 _aHIstory of sign language and fingerspelling -- Terminology -- The art of signing -- The language pattern of signs: signing on the continuum -- Fingerspelling -- Manual alpha chart -- Mastering the art of signing naturally -- Words for which signs are not always required -- Statements, commands, questions -- Types of questions -- The conditional sentence -- Pluralization and frequency -- Noun/verb pairs -- Intensity and degree -- Location of signs in a story -- Use of eyes and index finger in pointing -- The signer becoming the character in the story -- Tense -- Continuity, continuous action, duration -- Regularity -- Directionality of signs -- Signs placed at appropriate locations on the body -- Incorporating numbers -- Numbers used with personal pronouns --Negation -- Classifiers and size and shape specifiers -- Organizations serving the deaf -- Vocabulary index.
650 0 _aAmerican Sign Language.
650 0 _aSign language.
650 0 _aDeaf people
_xMeans of communication.
994 _aC0
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999 _c133686
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