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The Joy of Signing
Lottie L RiekehofHardback 1987-01-01
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The Joy of Signing is one of the most comprehensive guides available for mastering the current basic signs used to communicate with the 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. Families as well as professionals communicating with deaf children and adults will appreciate this manual's conceptually based vocabulary.Over 1500 signs have been clearly in this guide and grouped by chapter into their natural categories. An enjoyable and rewarding experience waits you as you study the line drawings and step by step descriptions of hand positions and movements. Helpful and interesting information is provided about the origins of signs as well as the correct usage of signs in context.Included in this manual are sections on the history of sign language and fingerspelling, the art of signing, language patterns of signs, and an illustrated guide for fingerspelling.
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Publisher Description
The Joy of Signing is one of the most comprehensive guides available for mastering the current basic signs used to communicate with the 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. Families as well as professionals communicating with deaf children and adults will appreciate this manual's conceptually based vocabulary.Over 1500 signs have been clearly in this guide and grouped by chapter into their natural categories. An enjoyable and rewarding experience waits you as you study the line drawings and step by step descriptions of hand positions and movements. Helpful and interesting information is provided about the origins of signs as well as the correct usage of signs in context.Included in this manual are sections on the history of sign language and fingerspelling, the art of signing, language patterns of signs, and an illustrated guide for fingerspelling.