American Sign Language: A Comprehensive Dictionary - Hardcover

Sternberg, Martin L. A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0062700529 ISBN 13: 9780062700520

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1981

Synopsis

A comprehensive dictionary of sign language features nearly six thousand word entries, more than eight thousand illustrations, seven foreign-language indexes, and extensive cross-references

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Review

"The most complete dictionary of sign language ever published." --National Association of the Deaf

About the Author

Martin L. A. Sternberg, Ed.D., is a native New Yorker. Deaf since the age of seven, he has spent most of his career working with deaf people. The idea for this book came from Dr. Elizabeth Peet, Dr. Sternberg's sign language teacher at Gallaudet University (for the deaf), in Washington, DC. Dr. Sternberg kept Dr. Peet's ideas and methods, but expanded the work greatly. Early work on the project received a federal grant from the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare to New York University, the sponsoring institution. A graduate of the City College of New York, American University, and New York University, Dr. Sternberg has enjoyed a distinguished career as a teacher at Gallaudet, New York, Hofstra, and Adelphi Universities. HE is currently chairman of the board of trustees of Lexington School for the Deaf and Lexington Center for the Deaf. He is the author of four ASL dictionaries and a Codies Award-winning CD-ROM, all published by HarperCollins. He also received Emmy and Peabody nominations for his ASL series by the NBC network, "Speaking With Your Hands," as well as medals at various international film and television festivals.

Edition details

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 1981
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0062700529
• ISBN 13: 9780062700520
• Binding: Hardcover