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| The American Sign Language Handshape Dictionary | 
| Authors: Richard A. Tennant, Marianne Gluszak Brown
Creator: Valerie Nelson-metlay
Publisher: Gallaudet University Press
Category: Book
List Price: $45.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 17048
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 408
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 10.5 x 7.4 x 1
ISBN: 1563680432
Dewey Decimal Number: 419
EAN: 9781563680434
ASIN: 1563680432
Publication Date: June 1, 1998
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 Great reference book! August 14, 2008
It's the closest thing you can come to for an ASL-English Dictionary. It has been very helpful for us when you watch videos and don't recognize a sign. You can look up the shape and figure it out! It's wonderful! Would recommend it!
 A bit too basic June 29, 2008
Well, I have a few ASL dictionaries, take ASL courses and also have DVD/CD's to practice with at home with. I thought this book would be a plus, but I find it too basic. I think because I'm past the beginning level. Well, this is how it is for me, but I know that someone who is begining will get something out of it. Although, if you are going to learn ASL to be fluent, this book will only be a good reference for a short period of time.
WISH I FOUND IT SOONER! Parent to a mute child who signs as his primary communication April 7, 2008
My little boy is four. He hears but is mute. We have been signing with him for about two years and it is his primary means of communication. Now that he comes home from school though he comes home from school, he learns new signs and comes home signing. Since we are still learning the language with him...it was frustrating. Until we got this book. My son has some orthopedic difficulty with his hands so the hand shape look up has helped. His signing is not perfect. However, no child is when they are learning sign just as when they are learning to speak. For example we may try looking up say the F shape first then the D. When we get the positive signal from my son he is so excited we understand him!
The only problem I really see from this book is that its not big enough. For now at my sons age and language level I think it is perfect. However when things become more complicated in his language I can see a need for something more intense. It is my hope that by that stage my son will have mastered other methods of communication such as typing a word into his dynavox to tell me what the sign means. I hope that this is the case for other parents and interpreters also.
I now buy this book as a gift for parents who were not previously signers who find their children either can't speak or are deaf. I think it is that neccesary.
I only wish I had found it sooner!
The CD alone is worth 5 stars November 1, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I know it says this has a DVD, however it only plays on a computer. So I'll call it a CD. The CD alone is why I gave it a 5 star rating. I use this almost everyday as I study for my ASL class. You can increase the screen size which is good for me since sometimes it's hard for me to see the fingers. You can also go in slow motion. I also find that this CD has the newer signs unlike many of the CDs or websites available which have old signs. The book is something I refer to once in a while, but mainly I use the CD. It's really hard to learn a sign from a book. Seeing the sign in motion is what makes it understandable.
ASL sign help June 8, 2007
This is a fantastic book. There are many places to look to find a sign for a specific word, but not to find what word goes with a specific sign. This book does just that. You can look up the sign by how many hands are used and what hand shape is used. Fantastic!! A must-have for anyone wanting to learn sign language.
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