American Sign Language Concise Dictionary

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Summary: From a Deaf perspective
Review: American Sign Language Concise Dictionary
by Martin L.A. Sternberg

This is an excellent resource guide that is easy to use. It is one of the few ASL books that have been widely published and is ASL centered. I have a copy and carry it always with me.

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Summary: very eaasy and comprehensive...
Review: Explains why the signs are what they are, making them much easier to remember! Has been very helpful in learning signing with my 12 month old!

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Summary: very eaasy and comprehensive...
Review: Explains why the signs are what they are, making them much easier to remember! Has been very helpful in learning signing with my 12 month old!

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Summary: Great Refrence for ASL!
Review: This book is an absolut neccessity for the ASL student. There are signs for nearly everyword you can think of! This book helped me converse with my deaf friends comfortably. I know have a greater knowledge of signs from just about any topic. It is a must for those wishing to learn sign language or have any deaf friends or relatives. It is concise and gives accurate definitions for the sign and the meaning of the word.

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Summary: One of the Better ASL Dictionaries.
Review: This is an older version of this particular ASL dictionary. Perhaps some things have changed in his newer versions. I was required to take ASL though Deaf in college as my foreign language requirement. Though I had been exposed to ASL before, English is my first language. Since then, I've collected many books on the Deaf and also ASL books that interested me. This one proved to be much better than the ones that were used in my classes. It is easy to carry, and provides a large amount of signs for a book. The problems with teaching ASL using a book is that it is two dimensional, rather than 3 dimensional. I recommend this book for beginners, but if you are serious about learning the syntax and grammar of ASL it is better to get a CD ROM or take advantage of web sites which show ASL in video streaming. It is even more important to get involved with the Deaf community, because a book cannot tell you how the community uses its language. Karen L. Sadler, Science Education, University of Pittsburgh, [e-mail]

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Summary: one of the best asl dictionaries
Review: this particular asl dictionary is one of the best out there. it's the one i chose for my shelves. it's complete, concise, and the illustrations are easier to understand than most i've seen. if you are interested in asl or a beginner, you could do much worse than pick this book up.

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Summary: Buy America Sign Language Dictionary by Random House instead
Review: Very poor book. Even the manual alphabet in the front of the book is not accurate. The book is missing many vital, yet basic words required for conversation. Your money will be much better spent on Random Houses American Sign Lanugage Dictionary.