American Sign Language Concise Dictionary: Revised Edition

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Abridged
1995
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A concise, portable edition of the most comprehensive and clearly written dictionary of sign language ever published ( Los Angeles Times ). 2,000 definitions--three times more than any other pocket dictionary--with 1,500 illustrations, including 550 new signs. The most comprehensive and clearly written dictionary of sign language ever published. --Los Angeles Times

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A concise, portable edition of the most comprehensive and clearly written dictionary of sign language ever published ( Los Angeles Times ). 2,000 definitions--three times more than any other pocket dictionary--with 1,500 illustrations, including 550 new signs. The most comprehensive and clearly written dictionary of sign language ever published. --Los Angeles Times

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Format: Abridged
Pages: 768
Edition: Revised
Publisher: HarperCollins,Australia
Published: 15 Jan 1995
ISBN 10: 0062740105
ISBN 13: 9780062740106

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The most comprehensive and clearly written dictionary of sign language ever published. -- Los Angeles Times

Author Bio

Martin L. A. Sternberg, Ed.D., is a native New Yorker. Deaf since the age of seven, he has spent most of his career working with deaf people. The idea for this book came from Dr. Elizabeth Peet, Dr. Sternberg's sign language teacher at Gallaudet University (for the deaf), in Washington, DC. Dr. Sternberg kept Dr. Peet's ideas and methods, but expanded the work greatly. Early work on the project received a federal grant from the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare to New York University, the sponsoring institution. A graduate of the City College of New York, American University, and New York University, Dr. Sternberg has enjoyed a distinguished career as a teacher at Gallaudet, New York, Hofstra, and Adelphi Universities. HE is currently chairman of the board of trustees of Lexington School for the Deaf and Lexington Center for the Deaf. He is the author of four ASL dictionaries and a Codies Award-winning CD-ROM, all published by HarperCollins. He also received Emmy and Peabody nominations for his ASL series by the NBC network, Speaking With Your Hands, as well as medals at various international film and television festivals.