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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
excellent resource for students,
By niseterp "niseterp" (Phoenix, AZ) - See all my reviews
This review is from: American Sign Language Green Books, A Teacher's Resource Text on Grammar and Culture (Green Book Series) (Paperback)
I went through an interpreter training program in the early 1980's, and this book was considered our 'bible' for the entire program. It is not meant as a stand-alone for learning ASL, but as an adjunct when taking classes on ASL or enrolled in an interpreter preparation program. Even though it was written many years ago, the content is still salient today and is an important resource on my bookshelf. As a practicing interpreter for 25 years, I frequently look at chapters when I am mentoring someone or forget how to explain something in particular. The information on Deaf culture is especially valuable as well.
The technical nature of the book is akin to explaining the linguistical nature of a spoken language, something critical to anyone learning ASL as a second language. I still see it used in programs today as a means of supplementing classroom lecture information. Only individuals serious about in-depth learning of American Sign Language will appreciate and benefit from this book. It is not fluff; learning the linguistic nature of ANY language requires dedication and time, and this applies to ASL as well. You cannot learn any language from a book, you learn it from associating with native users of that language. This book is excellent to use for the linguistic and theoretical basis for what you see and use when conversing with native users. You will not be disappointed if you use this in conjunction with classes and conversing with Deaf individuals whose native language is ASL. I highly recommend this book. It gives you a well-rounded education in the grammar of ASL in one handy reference. Forget 12 years of taking English classes from 1st. grade until you graduated high school. If you use this book as it is intended, it gives you all that information and more.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Ah ha! The missing link.,
By neight64 "neight64" (Chicago) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: American Sign Language Green Books, A Teacher's Resource Text on Grammar and Culture (Green Book Series) (Paperback)
If you're looking at this book, you've probably already studied ASL to some degree and are looking to further develop your signing and/or teaching skills. You surely know that there is a large selection of introductory books on very basic signs, a number of available dictionaries - some barely adequate and some quite good, and a small number of dense, academic works that delve into various aspects of the linguistics of ASL. To me, at least, there seems to be a conspicuous gap: a scant few books go into any depth describing and teaching real-world ASL grammar.
The popular "Learning American Sign Language" skims the surface, and "Grammar, Gesture and Meaning in American Sign Language" goes into substantial depth, but reading this book produced the big "Ah ha!" moment for me. It's not glamorous, not cutting edge, but it doesn't have to be. Instead, it is well structured, includes an appropriate amount of pictures, illustrations, diagrams, etc. to break down the structure of a visual language into manageable pieces so that they can be understood and reassembled into expressions with real meaning and color. The book is on point and useful from the start. Life is a journey, not a destination, but all the same, I wish I would have just found this book first - at the beginning of my search. I'll bet that you won't be disappointed with this one.
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Misleading: Where's the DVD?,
This review is from: American Sign Language Green Books, A Teacher's Resource Text on Grammar and Culture (Green Book Series) (Paperback)
The preface to this book clearly states that it is part of a package yet none of the listings specifically state that the DVD is not included. It sounds like you're getting a great deal until you get to class, find out you need the video (as I did)and have to buy it from the school bookstore at an outrageous price because you have to have it. Of course after that I started poking around online and the only site I found that sold them separately was the publisher, Signmedia. So I feel that these listings are misleading because even though the ISBN numbers matched, it was not the same product. I would urge anyone that needs these for class to go to the Signmedia website and compare the cost of buying the set from them to the cost of a used book here and a new DVD from there.
Hopefully others will benefit from my mistake. P.S. This review is only about the WAY it's listed, the book I bought was in fine shape and is a good product so I have no issues there.
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All languages have words or signs that stand for or represent something else. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
first person location, gaze cntr, locative sign, following three dialogues, singular classifiers, plural classifiers, fingerspelled loan signs, third person location, other signed languages, sign glossed, unmarked handshapes, brow squint, interrogative sign, palm orientation, deaf drivers, grammatical signals, directional verbs, same handshape, captioned films, classifier handshapes, accompanying videotape, fingerspelled words, locative relationship, different handshapes, signing space Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Student Text, American Sign Language, Gallaudet College, Silver Spring, First Signer, Second Signer, Signed English, Context Someone, National Association of the Deaf, Deaf American, National Symposium, United States, Academic Press, Manual English, Ocean City, University of California, Laurent Clerc, Linstok Press, Thayer Avenue, American Annals of the Deaf, Deaf Signers, Florida Avenue, Harvard University Press, The Signs of Language, New Jersey New!
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All languages have words or signs that stand for or represent something else. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
first person location, gaze cntr, locative sign, following three dialogues, singular classifiers, plural classifiers, fingerspelled loan signs, third person location, other signed languages, sign glossed, unmarked handshapes, brow squint, interrogative sign, palm orientation, deaf drivers, grammatical signals, directional verbs, same handshape, captioned films, classifier handshapes, accompanying videotape, fingerspelled words, locative relationship, different handshapes, signing space Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Student Text, American Sign Language, Gallaudet College, Silver Spring, First Signer, Second Signer, Signed English, Context Someone, National Association of the Deaf, Deaf American, National Symposium, United States, Academic Press, Manual English, Ocean City, University of California, Laurent Clerc, Linstok Press, Thayer Avenue, American Annals of the Deaf, Deaf Signers, Florida Avenue, Harvard University Press, The Signs of Language, New Jersey New!
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- The Signs of Language by Edward Klima on 7 pages
- Sign Language and the Deaf Community: Essays in Honor of William Stokoe by Charlotte Baker on 6 pages
- On the Other Hand: New Perspectives on American Sign Language (Language, Thought, and Culture) by Lynn A. Friedman on 4 pages
- Lexical Borrowing in American Sign Language by Robbin M. Battison on 4 pages
- Signing Exact English: Pocket Edition by Gerilee Gustason on page 66, page 78, and Back Matter
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- Modality and Structure in Signed and Spoken Languages by Richard P. Meier on page 400
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