Product Description: Deaf and hearing authors explore cultural values, American Sign Language, social interaction in the Deaf community, education, folklore, and more. Authors include Ben Bahan, Veda Charrow, Terry Coye, Stephanie Hall, Tom Humphries, Barbara Kannapell, Betty Martin, Shanny Mow, Carol Padden, Susan Rutherford, William Stokoe, Ronnie Wilbur, Sherman Wilcox, and James Woodward...read more

Argues that the best way to educate the deaf is to teach the English-based sign language

Product Description: Crossing that Bridge is the first book to deal with making literary events accessible to deaf and hard-of-hearing people. Though Crossing that Bridge specifically addresses organizers of literary events (such as poetry readings, author signings, and storytellings), it is also a useful toolkit for anyone who interprets or attends these events...read more

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Product Description: The articles in this book were written between the years of 1975 and 1979. They relate to the topics of the utmost concern for Deaf people; however, they have not been widely disseminated in the fields related to deafness. All four papers represent a development in research towards understanding Deaf society and culture in the U...read more

Looks at the world of the deaf in America and discusses deaf culture, the education of deaf children, useful technology, and the integration of deaf people into the society at large

Product Description: Started in 1986 as a project to simply describe the linguistic and sociolinguistic features of contact signing and to determine if this type of signing is aptly labeled a pidgin, this book blossomed in depth as the authors' data increased...read more

Used in conjunction with the text, this totally revised supporting video with new modern characters effectively demonstrates all of the conversations and important structures–bringing the signs in the text to life. American Sign Language students will find themselves captivated and entertained by this state-of-the-art video. This new video presents all 72 dialogues and each of the key structures in this book. Four internationally known, Deaf actors animate the dialogues and give life to the text illustrations, allowing students to preview and review instructional materials at home to enhance their classroom learning. These fluent ASL users also model facial expressions and conversational gestures appropriate to American Sign Language.

Product Description: The descriptions by the acknowledged designer, administrator, or scholar of each system ensures the highest accuracy and thoroughness, distinguishing Manual Communication as a significant, important resource. The first chapter recounts the history of sign language, particularly American Sign Language (ASL), including foreign influences and conflicts about its use...read more

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Product Description: Beginning by eliminating many of the misconceptions people have regarding deaf people and communication with them, this book explains and illustrates basic American Sign Language for medical purposes. True situations are included to emphasize the problems which arise with miscommunication and a lack of knowledge of deaf people and their culture...read more

Looks at the history and development of American Sign Language.

Product Description: Signs Across America provides a fascinating and unique look at regional variations in American Sign Language (ASL). The authors contacted native signers in 25 states to find out their signs for 130 selected words. The results -- more that 1,200 signs -- are illustrated in this book...read more

Cochlear implants mainstreaming genetic engineering and other ethical dilemmas confronting deaf people require a new wide-ranging examination of these issues a mandate fulfilled by Signs and Voices Deaf Culture Identity Language and Arts. This collection carefully chosen from the 2004 Signs and Voices Conference the Presidential Forum on American Sign Language at the Modern Language Association Convention and other sources addresses all of the factors now changing the cultural landscape for deaf people. To ensure quality and breadth of knowledge editors Kristin A. Lindgren Doreen DeLuca and Donna Jo Napoli selected the work of numerous renowned scholars and performers.Signs and Voices is divided into three sections - Culture and Identity Language and Literacy and American Sign Language in the Arts - each of which focuses on a particular set of theoretical and practical concerns. The book includes a DVD that presents many of the performances from the Arts section. Taken together these essays and DVD point to new directions in a broad range of fields including cognitive science deaf studies disability studies education linguistics literary criticism philosophy and psychology. This extraordinary showcase of innovative and rigorous cross-disciplinary study will prove invaluable to everyone interested in the current state of the Deaf community. Kristin A. Lingren Doreen DeLuca Donna Jo Napoli; 2009 268 pages; hard cover. Item Weight - 1 lbs.

Uses almost 1,400 photographs to present a comprehensive guide to the techniques, words, and phrases used in American Sign Language.