The Joy of Signing A Dictionary of American Signs 1st edition by Lottiel Riekehof 1607319799 9781607319795

The Joy of Signing A Dictionary of American Signs Lottiel Riekehof – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 1607319799,  9781607319795

Product details:

• ISBN 10: 1607319799
• ISBN 13: 9781607319795
• Author: Lottiel 

The Joy of Signing is one of the most comprehensive guides available for mastering the current basic signs used to communicate with deaf people in either the word order of the English language or in the American Sign Language pattern. This updated third edition provides the basic vocabulary needed for persons entering interpreter training programs. Over 1,500 signs are clearly illustrated and are grouped by chapter into their natural categories. Families as well as professionals will appreciate this manual’s conceptually based vocabulary. It includes sections on the history of sign language and fingerspelling, the art of signing, language patterns of signs, and an illustrated guide for fingerspelling.

Table of contents:

1 Family Relationships

2 Pronouns, Question Words, and Endings

3 Time

4 Mental Action

5 Emotion and Feeling

6 People, Occupations, and Money

7 Physical Movement and Travel

8 Opposites

9 Location and Direction

10 Verbs and Related Words, Part 1

11 Verbs and Related Words, Part 2

12 Quality, Kind, and Condition

13 Quantity, Size, and Degree

14 Communication and Government

15 Education

16 Miscellaneous Nouns

17 Nature

18 Body, Medicine, and Health

19 Home, Furniture, and Clothing

20 Food and Related Words

21 Sports and Recreation

22 Countries, Cities, and States

23 Animals

24 Religion

25 Numbers

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