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This is a revised dictionary of American sign language, introducing more than 1500 new signs and 4000 new illustrations. The 7000 signs in the book represent a large part of the ASL lexicon, and are supported by more than 10,000 illustrations of the hand, arm and facial motions that express each sign and allow the user to begin signing immediately. The dictionary includes signs which have recently come into vogue, such as log on , downtime and digital .

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9780062716088

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The most complete dictionary of sign language ever published. --National Association of the Deaf

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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.

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