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Sign Language Made Simple will include five Parts:

Part One: an introduction, how to use this book, a brief history of signing and an explanation of how signing is different from other languages, including its use of non-manual markers (the use of brow, mouth, etc in signing.)
Part Two: Fingerspelling: the signing alphabet illustrated, the relationship between signing alphabet and ASL signs
Part Three: Dictionary of ASL signs: concrete nouns, abstractions, verbs, describers, other parts of speech-approx. 1,000 illustrations. Will also include instructions for non-manual markers, where appropriate.
Part Four: Putting it all together: sentences and transitions, includes rudimentary sentences and lines from poems, bible verses, famous quotes-all illustrated. Also, grammatical aspects, word endings, tenses.
Part Five: The Humor of Signing: puns, word plays and jokes.



Sign Language Made Simple will have over 1,200 illustrations, be easy to use, fun to read and more competitively priced than the competition. It''s a knockout addition to the Made Simple list.

Sign Language Made Simple

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    A Paperback / softback by Karen Lewis

    10 in stock

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      Publisher: Random House USA Inc
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 18/08/1997
      ISBN13: 9780385488570, 978-0385488570
      ISBN10: 0385488572
      Also in:
      Sign language and Braille

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Sign Language Made Simple will include five Parts:

      Part One: an introduction, how to use this book, a brief history of signing and an explanation of how signing is different from other languages, including its use of non-manual markers (the use of brow, mouth, etc in signing.)
      Part Two: Fingerspelling: the signing alphabet illustrated, the relationship between signing alphabet and ASL signs
      Part Three: Dictionary of ASL signs: concrete nouns, abstractions, verbs, describers, other parts of speech-approx. 1,000 illustrations. Will also include instructions for non-manual markers, where appropriate.
      Part Four: Putting it all together: sentences and transitions, includes rudimentary sentences and lines from poems, bible verses, famous quotes-all illustrated. Also, grammatical aspects, word endings, tenses.
      Part Five: The Humor of Signing: puns, word plays and jokes.



      Sign Language Made Simple will have over 1,200 illustrations, be easy to use, fun to read and more competitively priced than the competition. It''s a knockout addition to the Made Simple list.

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