Communicating with deaf people

a resource manual for teachers and students of American sign language

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This is the only text that provides a comprehensive, nontechnical summary of the information currently available on features of American Sign Language that are important for understanding its grammatical structure and social use. it is based upon recent, solid research in linguists that are currently generating a rich body of data on American Sign Language.

The book offers special value for teachers and students of American Sign Language in college classrooms and adult education programs. It contains information specifically designed to enrich teaching as well as learning experiences.

Featuring an unusually readable presentation of traditionally complex subject matter, the book describes American Sign Language and considerably extends the range and scope of what teachers must explain and what students must master an enormous technical vocabulary. Instead, it challenges readers to master the concepts for which specialists have invented a technical vocabulary, and it introduces them gradually to the growing body of information becoming available Sign Language as a linguistic system.