Language in Motion: Exploring the Nature of Sign invites readers on a journey of exploration into the fascinating nature of American Sign Language (ASL) and its relationship to other sign languages and sign systems used around the world. In a warm, conversational style, this enjoyable book first int...

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Main Authors:	Schein, Jerome Daniel 1923-2010 (Author), Stewart, David Alan 1954-2004 (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. Gallaudet Univ. Press 1995
Subjects:	American Sign Language Langage par signes Sourds - Conditions sociales Deaf > Social conditions Sign language American sign language
Online Access:	Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:	Language in Motion: Exploring the Nature of Sign invites readers on a journey of exploration into the fascinating nature of American Sign Language (ASL) and its relationship to other sign languages and sign systems used around the world. In a warm, conversational style, this enjoyable book first introduces sign language and communication, offers a history of sign languages in general, then delves into the structure of ASL. Later chapters limn the special skills of fingerspelling and assess the academic offshoots of artificial sign systems and their value to young deaf children. Once readers have become familiar with the attributes of ASL, Language in Motion offers for consideration the process required to learn sign language and to put sign language to work to communicate in the Deaf community, which is also described in absorbing detail. Appendices featuring the manual alphabets of three countries and a notation system developed to write signs complete this enriching book. Its delightful potpourri of entertaining, accessible knowledge makes it a perfect primer for those interested in learning more about sign language, Deaf Culture, and Deaf communities.
Physical Description:	XVII, 221 S. Ill.
ISBN:	1563680394