TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tennant,Richard A.
TI  - American Sign Language handshape dictionary
SN  - 9781944838614
AV  - HV2475 .T46 2010
U1  - 419/.703 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - Gallaudet University Press
KW  - American Sign Language
KW  - Dictionaries
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - fast
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Propuesta ALA; Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- How to Use This Dictionary -- One-Hand Signs -- Two-Hand Signs -- Index of English Glosses -- Acknowledgments
N2  - This reference complements other American Sign Language (ASL) dictionaries by organizing signs by handshape rather than alphabetically by English word order. In so doing, it acts best as a recognition tool for the ASL learner, leading the user quickly to specific signs without having first to refer to an English-equivalent word. Multiple meanings of a single sign also allow deaf people to increase their English vocabulary. Like other ASL dictionaries, introductory material includes a brief synopsis of the history of sign language, the meaning and importance of the five parameters of a sign (handshape, orientation, location, movement, and nonmanual signals), grammatical rules, sign language variations (dialects), and finger-spelling principles
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