The joy of signing : the illustrated guide for mastering sign language and the manual alphabet, Lottie L. Riekehof

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The joy of signing : the illustrated guide for mastering sign language and the manual alphabet, Lottie L. Riekehof

Link

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Title remainder

the illustrated guide for mastering sign language and the manual alphabet

Statement of responsibility

Lottie L. Riekehof

Instantiates

• The joy of signing : the illustrated guide for mastering sign language and the manual alphabet

Publication

• Springfield, Mo., Gospel Pub. House, ©1987

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page 341) and index

Carrier category

volume

Carrier category code

• nc

Carrier MARC source

rdacarrier

Content category

text

Content type code

• txt

Content type MARC source

rdacontent

Contents

HIstory of sign language and fingerspelling -- The art of signing -- The language pattern of signs: signing on the continuum -- Fingerspelling -- Manual alpha chart -- Mastering the art of signing naturally -- Words for which signs are not always required -- Contractions used to form the negative -- Ommitting the auxiliary in questions -- Statements, commands, questions -- Types of questions -- The conditional sentence -- Commands -- 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 beconming the character in the story -- Tense -- Continutiy, continous action, duration -- Regularity -- Directionality of signs -- Signs placed at appropiate locations on the body -- Incorporating numbers -- Numbers used with personal pronouns --Negation -- Classifiers and size and shape specifiers -- Organizations serving the deaf

Control code

ocm13667352

Dimensions

28 cm

Edition

2nd ed.

Extent

352 pages

Isbn

9780882435206

Lccn

86080173

Media category

unmediated

Media MARC source

rdamedia

Media type code

• n

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illustrations

Record ID

u16393

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• (Sirsi) o13667352
• (OCoLC)13667352