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The joy of signing : a dictionary of American signs / Lottie L. Riekehof.

by Riekehof, Lottie L.

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Logion Press, 2014.

American Sign Language -- Dictionaries.

Deaf -- Means of communication.

9781607313618 (hc.)

Alternate title:

Dictionary of American signs

360 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Includes index.

1. History of sign language and fingerspelling -- 2. Terminology -- 3. The art of signing -- 4. The language pattern of signs : signing on the continuum -- 5. Fingerspelling -- 6. Manual alphabet chart -- Family relationships -- Pronouns, question words, and endings -- Time -- Mental action -- Emotion and feeling -- People, occupations, and money -- Physical movement and travel -- Opposites -- Location and direction -- Verbs and related words, part 1 -- Verbs and related words, part 2 -- Quality, kind, and condition -- Quantity, size, and degree -- Communication and government -- Education -- Miscellaneous nouns -- Nature -- Body, medicine, and health -- Home, furniture, and clothing -- Food and related words -- Sports and recreation -- Countries, cities, and states -- Animals -- Religion -- Numbers -- 7. Appendix : mastering the art of signing naturally -- Words for which signs are not always required -- Statements, commands, questions -- Types of questions -- The conditional sentence -- Pluralization and frequency -- Noun verb pairs -- Intensity and degree -- Location of signs in a story -- Use of eyes and index finger in pointing -- The signer becoming the character in the story -- Tense -- Continuity, continuous action, duration -- Regularity -- Directionality of signs -- Signs placed at appropriate locations on the body -- Incorporating numbers -- Numbers used with personal pronouns -- Negation -- Classifiers and size and shape specifiers -- Organizations serving the deaf.

"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 grouped by chapter into their natural categories. Families as well as professionals will appreciate this manual{7f2019}s conceptually based vocabulary. 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."--From publisher.

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