Sign Language Made Simple: A Complete Introduction To American Sign Language

Sign Language Made Simple will include five parts: an introduction, how to use this book, a brief history of signing, and explanation of how signing is different from other languages, including its use of non-manual markers (the use of brow, mouth, etc in signing). Part the signing alphabet illustrated, the relationship between signing alphabet and ASL signs. Part a Dictionary of ASL concrete nouns, abstractions, verbs, describers, and other parts of speech-approx. 1,000 illustrations. Will also include instructions for non-manual markers, where appropriate. Part putting it all into sentences and transitions, including rudimentary sentences and lines from poems, bible verses, famous quotes-all illustrated. Also, grammatical aspects, word endings, tenses. Part the humor of puns, word plays, and jokes. Sign Language Made Simple will have over 1,200 illustrations, be easy to use, fun to read and more competitively priced than the competition.