The Joy of Signing: The Illustrated Guide for Mastering Sign Language and the Manual AlphabetThis is a guide 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. It provides the basic vocabulary needed for persons entering interpreter training programs. Over 1500 signs have been illustrated and are grouped by chapter into their natural categories. Includes line drawings and step-by-step descriptions of positions and movements, information about the origins of signs, as well as the correct usage of signs in context. |
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Contents
Introduction to the Second | 5 |
The Language Pattern of Signs | 12 |
and Endings | 25 |
Copyright | |
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Common terms and phrases
add the PERSON American Sign Language cheek chest chin counterclockwise curved FIVE deaf persons downward draw the right English fingers extended fingerspelling hand and move hand back hand forward hand moves hand Usage hands facing hands in front handshape index and middle indicating initial sign left hand left open hand left open palm left palm lips little-finger edge little-finger side manual communication manually coded English middle finger mouth move the hand move the right movement natural motion natural sign Note open hand palm Origin palm facing left palm facing right palm side palms facing forward Place the fingertips Place the left Place the little-finger Place the open Place the right Place the side Place the thumb Place the tips position represents right F right hand right index finger right open hand shake sign Usage signer Strike thumb and index thumbtip tips pointing Touch the forehead turn twist upward wiggle words