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The Joy of Signing Third Edition
A Dictionary of American Signs
Lottie L. Riekehof
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The Joy of Signing Third Edition
A Dictionary of American Signs
Lottie L. Riekehof
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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'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.
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The American Manual Alphabet
Drawings show a side view. In actual practice the letters should face the persons with whom you are communicating.
1
Family Relationships
MALE, MAN
Grasp the imaginary brim of a hat with four fingers and thumb.
Origin: tipping the hat
Usage: the first male in the family
Note: Although this is primarily a basic sign intended as a prefix, it is often used alone to indicate any male.
FEMALE
Move the inside of the thumb of the right āAā down along the right cheek toward the chin.
Origin: represents the old-fashioned bonnet string
Usage: male and female applicants
Note: Although this is primarily a basic sign intended as a prefix, it is often used alone to indicate any female.
MAN, GENTLEMAN
Sign āMALEā; then make the sign for āFINEā (tip of āFIVEā hand at the chest). Or sign āMALEā; then bring the flat hand, palm down, away from the head at the level of the hat (the second is rarely used).
Origin: first descriptionāa ruffled shirt; second descriptionāindicates the height of the male
Usage: man of the house; a real gentleman
WOMAN, LADY
Sign āFEMALEā; then make the sign for āFINEā (tip of āFIVEā hand at the chest).
Origin: a ruffled blouse
Usage: a young woman ladies and gentlemen
BOY
Sign āMALEā; then bring the right open hand down to about waist level, palm down. Frequently only the sign for āMALEā is used and the indication of height is omitted.
Origin: a male of small stature
Usage: an active boy; a 3-year-old boy
Note: The hand would be brought considerably lower for a 3-year-old child than for a 12-year-old.
GIRL
Sign āFEMALEā; then bring the right open hand down to about waist level, palm down. Frequently only the sign for āFEMALEā is used and the indication of height is omitted.
Origin: a female of short stature
Usage: a pretty girl
Note: The hand would be brought considerably lower for a 3-year-old child than for a 12-year-old.
SON
Sign āMALEā; then place right hand, palm up, in the crook of the left arm.
Origin: a male baby
Usage: our only son
DAUGHTER
Sign āFEMALEā; then place the right hand, palm up, in the crook of the left arm.
Origin: a female baby
Usage: my successful daughter
FATHER, DAD, DADDY
Using the āFIVEā hand, place the thumb tip against the forehead twice. (Informal) Or sign āMALEā; then open the right hand and move it toward the left, palm up. (Formal)
Usage: Dad, Daddy (use first description); Father...