american sign language

Rev. ed. of: The Perigee visual dictionary of signing. c1983. An illustrated guide to over 500 signs of American Sign Language.

Photos and descriptions explain how to communicate 1,700 words and phrases in American Sign Language, covering sixteen categories including actions, relationships, home and clothing, and emotions.

Over 5,000 entries, alphabetically arranged, give the deaf-mute sign language for English words. Includes indexes for French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.

Instructions for talking with American sign language, beginning with the alphabet and then presenting basic useful vocabulary.

Describes the history of the American School for the Deaf in Hartford, Connecticut, and the invention of American Sign Language, and includes biographical information on the school's founder, Thomas Gallaudet, and Alice Cogswell, the young girl who inspired the creation.

The well-known fairy tale about a little girl who meets a wolf posing as her grandmother, accompanied by diagrams showing how to form the Signed English signs for each word of the text.

Contains a complete learning guide to sign language including over thirteen hundred basic words, illustrated hand positions, group signs, finger spelling exercises, and memory aids.

Defines and illustrates over seven hundred signs and phrases commonly used in American Sign Language.

An introduction to sign language containing over 150 fully illustrated signs, familiar phrases, and basic sentences.

Words and sign language depict a group of students involved in putting on a Thanksgiving play at a school for deaf children.