num_pages: 256
description: Sign Language Made Simple will include five Part 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 the signing alphabet illustrated, the relationship between signing alphabet and ASL signsPart Dictionary of ASL concrete nouns, abstractions, verbs, describers, other parts of speech-approx. 1,000 illustrations. Will also include instructions for non-manual markers, where appropriate.Part Putting it all sentences and transitions, includes rudimentary sentences and lines from poems, bible verses, famous quotes-all illustrated. Also, grammatical aspects, word endings, tenses.Part The Humor of 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.
language: English
title: Sign Language Made Simple: A Complete Introduction to American Sign Language
titlecomplete: Sign Language Made Simple: A Complete Introduction to American Sign Language
genres: Reference
ratings_count: 24
publisher: Doubleday / Made Simple