American Sign Language Dictionary. Elaine Costello

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USA, 1994
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"An inspired lexicon of over 5,600 signs, is the largest vocabulary listing currently available to learner and users of American Sign Language. It is also the only dictionary of ASL to include actual definitions that make clear when different meanings of the same word require different signs. Compiled by Elaine Costello, Director and Editor in Chief of Gallaudet University Press, this dictionary includes many signs contributed by members of the Deaf community. It provides th ideal sign language resource for the generation spanning this century and the next.

At the heart of this book are the signs themselves. Carefully described in terms of handshape, location with regard to the body, nature of the movement, and orientation of the hands, the signs reflect not only the knowledge of native signers but also the latest findings of linguists whose specialty is American Sign Language. In addition, the full-torso illustrations are drawn from life -the signs captured on paper just as they were made by the models, themselves members of the Deaf community.

To make it easy to find the exact sign you are looking for, the author has also included over 4,000 cross references. These are additional terms related in form or meaning to one or more of the main vocabulary listings. ... In addition, a comprehensive Introduction by the author places all of these signs in the context of American Sign Language as the natural language of the Deaf community. "