Product Description

An illustrated abridgment of the most authoritative reference book on sign language, with well-written and easily understood instructions for the use of each sign. More than 5,000 signs and 8,000 illustrations. And now includes more than 500 new signs and 1,500 new illustrations.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10753 in Books
• Published on: 1998-12-01
• Released on: 1998-11-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 800 pages

Los Angeles Times

"An abridged edition of 'the most comprehensive and clearly written dictionary of sign language ever published.'"

-- Bernard Bragg, Internationally Renowed Deaf Actor and Mime
"Martin Sternberg has done a magnificent job of opening the doors to the resplendence and distictiveness of our visual language."

-- Harlan Lane, author of, When the Mind Hears and The Mask of Benevolence
"Your ASL dictionary is Webster's for ASL. There is no more comprehensive and authorative source.

Customer Reviews

Good ASL Dictionary!
I'm taking ASL classes and I bought this book because my textbook didn't have the amount of vocabulary I needed to improve in the language. There are still words I can't find in this book, but it's vocabulary is pretty extensive. The illustrations are reinforced with verbage on how the sign is done (which helps). The cross reference of words is also helpful. I would recommend this book to anyone involved in ASL.

Great to learn
I love the book it is great because when you want to find how to sign something as long as you know what it begins with it is easy to look up and figure out how to do it.

Great dictionary
Everything is in there and it is expressed in an easy to read fashion. Great book!