The American Sign Language handshape dictionary
By: Richard A. Tennant, Marianne Gluszak Brown ; illustrated by Valerie Nelson-Metlay.
Contributors: Brown, Marianne Gluszak.
Publisher: Clerc Books, Gallaudet University Press; Clerc Books
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 407
Subjects: American Sign Language -- Dictionaries
Description: "The unique feature of this dictionary is that it is organized by handshape rather than by alphabetical order. An American Sign Language learner can look up an unfamiliar sign by looking for the handshape rather than by looking up the word in an alphabetical English glossary. At the same time, an English speaker can look up a sign for a specific word by looking at the Index of English Glossaries  located at the end of the dictionary. The introduction includes a history of sign language in the United States. Detailed instructions explain the organization of the handshape sections and the ordering of signs. The illustrations are clear and are described in terms of configuration, location, movement, orientation, and nonmanual markers".--"Outstanding Reference Sources : the 1999 Selection of New Titles", American Libraries, May 1999. Comp. by the Reference Sources Committee, RUSA, ALA.
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Includes index.