Say It by Signing Learner's Dictionary and Guidebook : Conversing in American Sign Language

by COSTELLO, ELAINE PHD

• ISBN13: 9780609810545
• ISBN10: 0609810545
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2000-10-01
• Publisher: Living Language

Summary

Rabbi Telushkin has combed the Bible, the Talmud and the whole spectrum of Judaism's sacred writings to give us a manual on how to lead a decent, kind and honest life in a morally complicated world. He speaks on the major ethical issues of our time, issues that have been around since the beginning, offering us one or two pages a day of wise, easily accessible teachings. The range of the book is as broad as life itself.

Author Biography

<b>Dr. Elaine Costello</b> is an educator and author who has been associated with the deaf community for over 20 years.  She is the former director and editor in chief of the Gallaudet College Press at Washington D.C.'s Gallaudet College, the world's only liberal arts college for the deaf.  She is also the author of the <b>Random House American Sign Language Dictionary</b>.

Table of Contents

Introduction	vii
A Guide to Using This Book	xi
Glossary	xiv
Part One: Meeting Old Friends	1	(38)
Signing Space	1	(2)
Neutral Space	3	(2)
Change Over Time	5	(2)
Changing one Aspect of a Sign	7	(1)
More Than One Handshape	8	(1)
Fingerspelling	9	(1)
American Manual Alphabet	9	(1)
Personal Pronouns	10	(3)
Possessive Pronouns	13	(2)
Reflexive Pronouns	15	(3)
Common Greetings	18	(4)
Gender	22	(6)
Questions	28	(3)
Person Marker	31	(8)
Part Two: Going Out With Friends	39	(42)
Iconic Signs	39	(1)
Sport Signs	40	(8)
Time Line	48	(1)
Verb Tense	49	(2)
Temporal Adverbs	51	(4)
Days of the Week	55	(3)
Time of Day	58	(2)
Duration	60	(2)
Regularity	62	(1)
Classifier 1 (CL:1)	63	(2)
Classifier 3 (CL:3)	65	(1)
Locational Signs	66	(4)
Classifier V (CL:V)	70	(4)
Noun/Verb Pairs	74	(4)
Directional Verbs	78	(3)
Part Three: At a Resturant	81	(40)
Quantity	81	(4)
Conceptually Accurate Signing	85	(5)
Feeling Adjectives	90	(2)
Other Adjectives of Feelign	92	(15)
Compound Signs	107	(6)
Thinking and Feeling	113	(8)
Part Four: Going Shopping	121	(62)
Initialized Signs	121	(3)
Classifier F (CL:F)	124	(2)
Money	126	(5)
Numbers	131	(5)
Adjectives	136	(9)
Kinship Signs	145	(5)
Symmetry	150	(11)
Dominant Hand	161	(8)
Part Five: Let's Practice Signing	169	(1)
Practice Time	169	(14)
Index	183