Category Archives: Sign Language

Sign Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys)

What are the unique characteristics of sign languages that make them so fascinating? What have recent researchers discovered about them, and what do these findings tell us about human language more generally? This thematic and geographic overview examines more than … Continue reading

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Baby Signs: How to Talk with Your Baby Before Your Baby Can Talk, Third Edition

The Essential Parenting Guide- NOW COMPLETELY UPDATED AND EXPANDED! In 1982, child development experts Linda Acredolo, Ph.D., and Susan Goodwyn, Ph.D., discovered that babies can communicate with simple signs-even before they’re able to talk. The result: Baby Signs, the groundbreaking … Continue reading

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American Sign Language Demystified with DVD

Decode ASL with guidance from a Gallaudet University professor and a helpful DVD . Great as a supplement to a high-school or college. course or for self-study, American Sign Language. Demystified walks you step-by-step through the fundamentals. of this visual … Continue reading

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The American Sign Language Phrase Book

Open up a whole new world of communication through ASL You can easily learn ASL with help from The American Sign Language Phrase Book. With more than 500 phrases, this is the reference guide to everyday expressions in American Sign … Continue reading

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Sign Bilingualism: Language development, interaction, and maintenance in sign language contact situations (Studies in Bilingualism)

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Open Your Eyes: Deaf Studies Talking

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 … Continue reading

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It’s Not What You Sign, It’s How You Sign It: Politeness in American Sign Language

The general stereotype regarding interaction between American Sign Language and English is a model of oversimplification: ASL signers are direct and English speakers are indirect. Jack Hoza’s study It’s Not What You Sign, It’s How You Sign It: Politeness in … Continue reading

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Sign Languages in Contact (Sociolinguistics in Deaf Communities Series, Vol. 13)

The 13th Volume in the Sociolinguistics in Deaf Communities Series This volume collects for the first time various accounts of contact between sign languages throughout the world, presenting an exciting opportunity to further understand the structural and social factors of … Continue reading

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Silence and Sign Language in Medieval Monasticism: The Cluniac Tradition, c.900-1200 (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought: Fourth Series)

Silence and Sign Language in Medieval Monasticism explores the rationales for religious silence in early medieval abbeys and the use of nonverbal forms of communication among monks when rules of silence forbade them from speaking. After examining the spiritual benefits … Continue reading

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Baby Signing 1-2-3: The Easy-to-Use Illustrated Guide for Every Stage and Every Age

The #1 Baby Signing Book THE EASY WAY TO “TALK” WITH BABY…AS SIMPLE AS 1-2-3 What if your baby could “talk” to you before he or she could actually speak? Sign Babies creator Nancy Cadjan brings years of expertise to … Continue reading

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