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  • The American Sign Language Alphabet – A Project FingerAlphabet Reference Manual

    Letters A-Z, Numbers 0-9, Two Viewing Angles

    Series Book 12 - Project FingerAlphabet BASIC
    This American Sign Language Alphabet reference guide is a manual that includes professionally illustrated and approved signs of the American hand alphabet and of the numbers 0-10.This book is part of a set of manuals that accompanies the free PDF versions of the international manual alphabets on fingeralphabet.org (link in the book). It is designed for libraries, institutions, and individuals who ... Read more

    Free

  • Alandra's Lilacs

    The Story of a Mother and Her Deaf Daughter

    by Tressa Bowers ...
    When, in 1968, 19-year-old Tressa Bowers took her baby daughter to an expert on deaf children, he pronounced that Alandra was “stone deaf,” she most likely would never be able to talk, and she probably would not get much of an education because of her communication limitations. Tressa refused to accept this stark assessment of Alandra’s prospects. Instead, she began the arduous process of starting ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Languages: A Very Short Introduction

    Series series Very Short Introductions
    How many languages are there? What differentiates one language from another? Are new languages still being discovered? Why are so many languages disappearing?The diversity of languages today is varied, but it is steadily declining. In this Very Short Introduction, Stephen Anderson answers the above questions by looking at the science behind languages. Considering a wide range of different ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Hidden Treasure of Black ASL

    Its History and Structure

    Black ASL has long been recognized as a distinct variety of American Sign Language based on abundant anecdotal evidence. The Hidden Treasure of Black ASL, originally published in 2011, presents the first sociohistorical and linguistic study of this language variety. Based on the findings of the Black ASL Project, which undertook this unprecedented research, Hidden Treasure documents the stories ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • American Sign Language (Speedy Study Guide)

    Series series Sign Language Made Easy Edition
    An American Sign Language Guide helps someone trying to learn sign language, by allowing the person to study at their own pace and in their own time. Also, an American Sign Language Guide allows the person who is wanting to learn Sign Language to study anywhere that is convenient for them. This could be; a classroom, the person's residence, the library, or any other place that the person feels ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Joy of Signing Third Edition

    A Dictionary of American Signs

    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 ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Deaf Eyes on Interpreting

    As the ASL-English interpreting field has become professionalized, there is a growing disconnect between interpreters and the Deaf consumers they serve. Whereas interpreting used to be a community-based practice, the field is growing into a research-based profession that begins in a classroom rather than in the Deaf community. Despite the many gains being made in the interpreting services ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Learning Sign Language

    Tips for learning American Sign Language and other signed languages

    Learning Sign Language is a great resource of tips and tricks for those taking classes or who are interested in learning American Sign Language (ASL). Instead of an instructional book on using sign language, this is a manual that helps the student know how to learn signs.If the interest of the student is to learn a signed language other than ASL this book is still a tremendous resource. Many ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • American Sign Language (Speedy Study Guides)

    Series series Sign Language Alphabet Edition
    A study guide on sign language would essentially help readers to learn a completely different form of communication. It would reveal the appropriate hand movements for communicating with a non-verbal language. It would start with the basics and then move to complex techniques. More importantly, it would help readers learn social and cultural cues that are expressed through sign language. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Infant Communication Baby Sign Language

    by Roya Caviglia ...
    Did you know your baby can communicate clearly with you before they can speak?By learning a few simple signs and then teaching them to your baby, you will avoid much of the crying, frustration and guesswork that happens when you don't understand what they need.Baby sign language is a simple, yet powerful tool that will help you kick-start communication with your infant. Your baby will be able to ... Read more

    Free

  • Talking with Your Hands, Listening with Your Eyes

    A Complete Photographic Guide to American Sign Language

    AMERICA'S #1 ASL REFERENCE BOOK - OVER 75,000 COPIES SOLD!After English and Spanish, it is the third most common language in North America. Over 22 million people use it to communicate. It has its own beauty, its own unmistakable form, and its own inherent culture. It is American Sign Language (ASL), the language of the deaf.Gabriel Grayson has put together a book that makes signing accessible, ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Open Your Eyes

    Deaf Studies Talking

    Edited by H-Dirksen L. Bauman ...
    This groundbreaking volume introduces readers to the key concepts and debates in deaf studies, offering perspectives on the relevance and richness of deaf ways of being in the world. In Open Your Eyes, leading and emerging scholars, the majority of whom are deaf, consider physical and cultural boundaries of deaf places and probe the complex intersections of deaf identities with gender, sexuality, ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • American Manual Alphabet: Fingerspelling Letters & Numbers

    by Chris DiPaolo ...
    Series series Learn American Sign Language - ASL
    One of the most important things to learn in ASL is the American Manual Alphabet - otherwise known as Fingerspelling. Fingerspelling allows you to spell out words in American Sign Language.There are many times when you will use fingerspelling in ASL. It is actually used frequently to augment the standard set of signs. Fingerspelling is used for:- Proper Names- Brands (like a company name)- Titles- ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Signing and Belonging in Nepal

    While many deaf organizations around the world have adopted an ethno-linguistic framing of deafness, the meanings and consequences of this perspective vary across cultural contexts, and relatively little scholarship exists that explores this framework from an anthropological perspective.In this book, Erika Hoffmann-Dilloway presents an accessible examination of deafness in Nepal. As a linguistic ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Dirty Sign Language

    Everyday Slang from "What's Up?" to "F*%# Off!"

    Series series Dirty Everyday Slang
    Learn all the sign language slang you’ve always wanted to know with this fun English-ASL phrasebook for the modern era.Next time you’re signing with your friends, drop the ASL textbook formality and start flashing the signs they don’t teach in any classroom, including:• cool slang• funny insults• explicit terms• raw swear wordsDirty Sign Language is the... ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Laurent Clerc

    The Story of His Early Years

    Laurent Clerc won lasting renown as the deaf teacher who helped Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet establish schools to educate deaf Americans in the 19th century. Now, his character as a young boy growing up in Paris has been captured in the novel Laurent Clerc.In his own voice, Clerc vividly relates the experiences that led to his later progressive teaching methods. Especially influential was his long ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Knack American Sign Language

    A Step-by-Step Guide to Signing

    by Suzie Chafin ...
    Series series Knack: Make It Easy
    While learning a new language isn't a “knack” for everyone, Knack American Sign Language finally makes it easy. The clear layout, succinct information, and topic-specific sign language partnered with high-quality photos enable quick learning. By a “bilingual” author whose parents were both deaf, and photographed by a design professor at the leading deaf university, Gallaudet, it covers all the ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Sign Language

    A sign language guide will help kids learn to sign easily and effectively. Kids are extremely receptive to new languages and signing is no exception. Pictures and diagrams in the study guide will help kids learn proper finger placement when forming signs. This will help communication flow more easily. Having a study guide will be empowering for kids as they can learn on their own and at their own ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Joy of Signing Third Edition

    A Dictionary of American Signs

    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 ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Don't Just "Sign..". Communicate!

    A Student's Guide to Mastering ASL Grammar

    by Michelle Jay ...
    Are You Making Common Signing Errors? Make no mistake about it... when venturing into the world of American Sign Language, the first thing you must understand is that ASL is its own language. It is different from English. ASL is also not like other Signing Systems. Like any other Language, ASL contains its own unique rules of syntax, phonology, grammar, etc. To become fluent in the ASL language, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Don't Just "Sign..". Communicate!

    A Student's Guide to ASL and the Deaf Community

    by Michelle Jay ...
    The Heart Of Any Language Is Found Within Its Culture... As anyone who has learned a foreign language will tell you, all language is an experience. And that experience is found through a language's culture its people. The journey toward complete comprehension and usage of American Sign Language includes the recognition, not only of the sovereignty of the language, but of the understanding that ASL ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Sign Language ABC

    "Sign Language ABC" teaches children to know and make the 26 letters in the American Sign Language. Learning the names and shapes of the letters of the alphabet is the first step to reading. They'll develop strong beginning reading skills and explore language while they're having fun!Fun and educational learning.Each page teaches children the American Sign Language alphabet through adorable ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sociolinguistics and Deaf Communities

    Edited by Adam C. Schembri, Ceil Lucas ...
    How do people use sign languages in different situations around the world? How are sign languages distributed globally? What happens when they come in contact with spoken and written languages? These and other questions are explored in this new introduction to the sociolinguistics of sign languages and deaf communities. An international team brings insights and data from a wide range of sign ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Teach Your Baby to Sign, Revised and Updated 2nd Edition

    An Illustrated Guide to Simple Sign Language for Babies and Toddlers - Includes 30 New Pages of Signs and Illustrations!

    by Monica Beyer ...
    Better communication is right around the corner with Teach Your Baby to Sign.You may feel like you can't possibly be any closer with your young child, but the truth is, you can—through sign language.The gift of signing helps children communicate well before they have the verbal ability to do so. Whether you have a young child who hasn't started talking yet, or a child with special needs, signing ... Read more

    $15.99 USD