Random House Webster's Concise American Sign Language Dictionary - Softcover

Costello, Elaine

 
9780553584745: Random House Webster's Concise American Sign Language Dictionary

Synopsis

A complete pocket dictionary of American Sign Language

Over 4,500 fully illustrated, up-to-date signs

From basic hand shapes to fully illustrated and described signs, Random House Webster's Concise American Sign Language Dictionary offers a comprehensive and up-to-date treasury of signs. Whether you are a novice seeking "survival signs" for basic communication or an experienced user fluent in ASL and looking to enlarge your vocabulary, you cannot find a more complete, easy-to-use sign language dictionary.

This authoritative reference includes:

- Over 4,500 signs -- more than other ASL pocket dictionaries
- Detailed full-torso illustrations
- Precise, easy-to-follow instructions for performing each sign
- Signs for new and technical terms
- Hints for remembering signs
- And much more

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

About the Author

Elaine Costello, PhD, was a longtime educator and author in the field of deafness. For ten years she was a classroom teacher and supervisor in schools for the deaf. She also served as the director and editor in chief of the Gallaudet College Press at Gallaudet College in Washington, D.C., the world's only liberal arts college for the deaf.

From the Back Cover

A complete pocket dictionary of American Sign Language
Over 4,500 fully illustrated, up-to-date signs
From basic hand shapes to fully illustrated and described signs, Random House Webster's Concise American Sign Language Dictionary offers a comprehensive and up-to-date treasury of signs. Whether you are a novice seeking "survival signs" for basic communication or an experienced user fluent in ASL and looking to enlarge your vocabulary, you cannot find a more complete, easy-to-use sign language dictionary.
This authoritative reference includes:
- Over 4,500 signs -- more than other ASL pocket dictionaries
- Detailed full-torso illustrations
- Precise, easy-to-follow instructions for performing each sign
- Signs for new and technical terms
- Hints for remembering signs
- And much more

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Other Popular Editions of the Same Title

9780375703522: Random House Webster's Concise American Sign Language Dictionary

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ISBN 10:  0375703527 ISBN 13:  9780375703522
Publisher: Random House Inc, 1999
Softcover