"Stokoe recounts in Language in Hand how inspiration grew out of his original discovery in the 1950s and '60s that deaf people who signed were using a true language with constructions that did not derive from spoken English. This investigation calls upon decades of personal expe…
"Stokoe recounts in Language in Hand how inspiration grew out of his original discovery in the 1950s and '60s that deaf people who signed were using a true language with constructions that did not derive from spoken English. This investigation calls upon decades of personal expe…
Created to accompany the original version of Master ASL! Level One Series, this DVD provides additional vocabulary expansion by presenting more than 1500 additional signs for review and practice. Recommended for use with the text, Master ASL! Level One.
by Zinza, Jason E., Zinza, Jason E., Fang, Xiaohong, Sbarra, James
Text and DVD combination teaches grammatical competence and communicative skills along with an awareness and sensitivity to the sociocultural patterns and use of American Sign Language.
This volume offers the authors' insights into the existence and makeup of the Deaf world, the community whose natural language, American Sign Language in the United States, is manual and visual. Bringing the latest social and cultural findings and theories into focus, the author…
by Lentz, Ella Mae, Mikos, Ken, Smith, Cheri, Dawn Pictures, DawnSignPress
fromAmerican Sign Language series
Reinforces and expands on vocabulary, grammar and language functions taught in the classroom.
"Research Methods in Sign Language Studies is a landmark work on sign language research, which spans the fields of linguistics, experimental and developmental psychology, brain research, and language assessment. Examines a broad range of topics, including ethical and political i…
"Research Methods in Sign Language Studies is a landmark work on sign language research, which spans the fields of linguistics, experimental and developmental psychology, brain research, and language assessment. Examines a broad range of topics, including ethical and political i…
The Politics of Visual Language is a ground-breaking study of the political socialization of children who are deaf. Debate has raged for years over how to educate the prelingually deaf - those children who cannot acquire language "normally" (that is, orally and aurally). While t…
Every once in a while nature gives us insight into the human condition by providing us with a unique case whose special properties illuminate the species as a whole. Christopher is such an example. Despite disabilities which mean that everyday tasks are burdensome chores, Christ…
"Every once in a while nature gives us insight into the human condition by providing us with a unique case whose special properties illuminate the species as a whole. Christopher is such an example. Despite disabilities which mean that everyday tasks are burdensome chores, Chris…
