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The Pocket Dictionary of Signing

Author : Rod R. Butterworth

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 246 pages

File Size : 49,86 MB

Release : 1992-06-08

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 9780399517433

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Book Description

The simplest, most convenient alphabetized pocket guide to American Sign Language (ASL). Arranged in an easy-to-use dictionary format, this edition contains more than 600 signing entries with accompanying directions and illustrations. Inside you’ll find many special highlights, including: · Over 600 signs –a selection of the most commonly used phrases · Detailed illustrations -- showing exact hand positions and movements · Fingerspelling -- to aid in communicating words for which there are no signs · Memory aids -- to assist in recalling how to form signs · Special sections -- on forming numbers, letters, and constructing word endings · Comprehensive Index -- of entries and their synonyms for easy cross-referencing The Pocket Dictionary of Signing is the most complete pocket guide to basic sign language -- and it’s portable enough to be carried anywhere in a pocket or purse.



The Perigee Visual Dictionary of Signing

Author : Rod R. Butterworth

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 484 pages

File Size : 40,10 MB

Release : 1995-08-01

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 9780399519529

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The most comprehensive alphabetized guide to American Sign Language (ASL) available today. Unlike other signing books, which organize by "categories," the Visual Dictionary is arranged in a straightforward, easy-to-use dictionary format. Inside you’ll find special features offering a fast, simple approach to the art of signing, including: • More than 1,350 signs -- arranged alphabetically with directions on how to use each sign • Detailed illustrations -- showing precise hand positions and exact movements • Memory aids -- to assist in recalling how to make each sign • Sample sentences -- to clarify grammatical usage • Numbers -- from one to one million, including monetary signs • Fingerspelling -- a vital tool for communicating words for which there are no signs, or for when the sign has not yet been learned • Helpful hints -- suggestions and tips for easier signing • A comprehensive index -- with all entries and their synonyms for easy cross-referencing Authors Rod R. Butterworth and Mickey Flodin have written many widely used signing books, including Signing Made Easy and The Pocket Dictionary of Signing.



Signing Exact English

Author : Gerilee Gustason

Publisher :

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 41,70 MB

Release : 1993

Category : Sign language

ISBN : 9780916708238

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Book Description

A comprehensive visual guide for signing English words for beginning to advanced signers.



Signing Made Easy

Author : Rod R Butterworth, M.A., M.Ed.

Publisher : Turtleback Books

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 27,60 MB

Release : 1989-02

Category : Sign language

ISBN : 9780833535474

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Book Description

For the fourth most used language in the United States, there has not previously been a manual that did more than simply show how to make individual signs. Signing Made Easy teaches how to use signing as a language.



Signing Illustrated

Author : Mickey Flodin

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 324 pages

File Size : 49,37 MB

Release : 2004-11-02

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 9780399530418

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Book Description

Here is the complete learning guide that teaches American Sign Language by "category," the most popular and preferred method of teaching and learning. This easy-to-use guide is updated and expanded to include new computer and technology signs and offers a fast and simple approach to learning. Includes: - Vocabulary reviews - Fingerspelling exercises - Sign matching and memory aids - A complete glossary and a comprehensive index - Clear instructive drawings



Signing Everyday Phrases

Author : Mickey Flodin

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 260 pages

File Size : 29,90 MB

Release : 1996

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 9780399522369

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Book Description

Organized by subject area and featuring easy-to-follow directions and illustrations, more than three thousand signs encompass familiar phrases for greetings, travel and direction, shopping, emergencies, health and medical conditions, and everyday expressions. Original.



Random House Webster's American Sign Language Medical Dictionary

Author : Elaine Costello

Publisher : Random House Reference

Page : 388 pages

File Size : 15,86 MB

Release : 2000

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN :

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Book Description

New to Random House Webster's successful American Sign Language reference line: the important medical terms a patient or doctor needs to communicate in ASL, clearly described and illustrated. Whether in a medical emergency or a routine doctor's visit, it is crucial for medical professionals to communicate effectively with deaf patients. Here at last is an affordable and thorough dictionary of medical terms in American Sign Language, which is needed by the deaf and the medical community alike. Over 1,000 important signs for medical terms, including signs for illnesses, treatments, drugs, and anatomy, are defined in English (to avoid dangerous mix-ups), described with step-by-step instructions for making the sign, and fully illustrated with full-torso drawings in this easy-to-use reference book, the first in a series dedicated to special-interest American Sign Language. The only affordable medical reference in American Sign Language Every entry includes full-torso illustrations and clear descriptions of how to make the sign Includes important medical terms, from anatomy to treatments



Oxford English Dictionary

Author : John A. Simpson

Publisher : Oxford University Press

Page : pages

File Size : 28,23 MB

Release : 2002-04-18

Category : Reference

ISBN : 9780195218893

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Book Description

The Oxford English Dictionary is the internationally recognized authority on the evolution of the English language from 1150 to the present day. The Dictionary defines over 500,000 words, making it an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, pronunciation, and history of the English language. This new upgrade version of The Oxford English Dictionary Second Edition on CD-ROM offers unparalleled access to the world's most important reference work for the English language. The text of this version has been augmented with the inclusion of the Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series (Volumes 1-3), published in 1993 and 1997, the Bibliography to the Second Edition, and other ancillary material. System requirements: PC with minimum 200 MHz Pentium-class processor; 32 MB RAM (64 MB recommended); 16-speed CD-ROM drive (32-speed recommended); Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 200, or XP (Local administrator rights are required to install and open the OED for the first time on a PC running Windows NT 4 and to install and run the OED on Windows 2000 and XP); 1.1 GB hard disk space to run the OED from the CD-ROM and 1.7 GB to install the CD-ROM to the hard disk: SVGA monitor: 800 x 600 pixels: 16-bit (64k, high color) setting recommended. Please note: for the upgrade, installation requires the use of the OED CD-ROM v2.0.



Merriam-Webster's Pocket Dictionary

Author : Merriam-Webster, Inc

Publisher : Merriam-Webster Incorporated

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 19,4 MB

Release : 2006

Category : Reference

ISBN : 9780877795308

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Book Description

A perfect dictionary for quick, on-the-go language reference features 40,000 entries as well as clear, concise, definitions, variant spellings, and pronunciations. Includes a brief guide to punctuation.



The Pocket Dictionary of Signing

Author : Rod R Butterworth, M.A., M.Ed.

Publisher : Turtleback

Page : 223 pages

File Size : 15,41 MB

Release : 1992-01

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 9780606028448

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Book Description

Demonstrates the Ameslan sign language gestures for six hundred words and includes memory aids for recalling each sign