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- The American Sign Language Starter: A Beginner's Guide
- Book
- 2002
- Published by: Gallaudet University Press
summary
Beginning signers now can improve their recognition of the most commonly used signs with this easy-to-follow handbook based upon the revolutionary dictionary. The American Sign Language Handshape Starter illustrates 800 of the most frequently used signs, arranging them by the 40 standard handshapes used in American Sign Language (ASL). Carefully chosen for their common use, the signs also have been organized by day-to-day topics, including food, travel, family, sports, clothing, school terms, time, nature and animals, and many others from everyday conversation.
Table of Contents
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- Introduction
- pp. 1-9
- 1. Classroom Vocabulary
- pp. 14-31
- 2. Question Words
- pp. 32-34
- 3. Action Words
- pp. 35-51
- 4. Quantity
- pp. 52-56
- 5. Prepositions
- pp. 57-59
- 7. Thoughts/Emotions
- pp. 70-80
- 10. Opposites
- pp. 98-107
- 11. Animals
- pp. 108-112
- 12. Days of the Week/Time
- pp. 113-121
- 13. Holidays/Religion
- pp. 122-127
- 14. Travel/Transportation
- pp. 128-131
- 15. Colors
- pp. 132-134
- 16. Weather/Seasons
- pp. 135-137
- 17. Clothing
- pp. 138-140
- 18. Health/Body
- pp. 141-146
- 19. Community
- pp. 147-155
- 20. Sentence Builders
- pp. 156-170
- Index of Terms
- pp. 171-197
- Subject Index
- pp. 198-199
Additional Information
ISBN
9781563681820
Related ISBN(s)
9781563681301
MARC Record
OCLC
794700905
Pages
176
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No