Overview

The Joy of Signing, Third Edition: A Dictionary of American Signs
by Lottie L. Riekehof

Master the current basic signs used to communicate with the hearing impaired in either the word order of the English language or in the American Sign Language pattern with one of the most comprehensive guides available. This updated third edition provides the essential conceptually based vocabulary needed for both beginners and persons entering interpreter training programs.

Over 1,500 signs are clearly illustrated and grouped by chapter into their natural categories. It includes sections on the history of sign language and fingerspelling, the art of signing, language patterns of signs, and an illustrated guide for fingerspelling.

Product Details

Format: hardcover
Pages: 350
Size: 7½ x 10½
ISBN: 9781607313618
Pub. Date: October 2014

Meet the Author

Lottie L. Riekehof served as professor of Sign Communications at the world’s only liberal arts college for the deaf, Gallaudet University in Washington, DC. Previously, she was engaged in teaching and research at New York University’s Deafness Research and Training Center, where she earned both MA and PhD degrees.