Linguistics of American Sign Language: An Introduction [Hardcover]

Clayton Valli (Author), Ceil Lucas (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1563680424 | ISBN-13: 978-1563680427 | Publication Date: September 1995 | Edition: 2nd

New 4th Edition completely revised and updated with new DVD now available; ISBN 1-56368-283-4

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About the Author

Clayton Valli was Assistant Professor in the Master’s Interpreting Program at Gallaudet University, Washington, DC.

Ceil Lucas is Professor of Linguistics in the Department of Linguistics at Gallaudet University.

Kristin J. Mulrooney is Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics at Gallaudet University.

Miako Villanueva is Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics at Gallaudet University.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 446 pages
• Publisher: Gallaudet Univ Pr; 2nd edition (September 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1563680424
• ISBN-13: 978-1563680427
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #32,492 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #27 in Books > Education & Reference > Foreign Languages > Instruction > Sign Language

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Linguistics of American Sign Language, May 15, 2002

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This review is from: Linguistics of American Sign Language Text, 3rd Edition: An Introduction (Hardcover)

I'm an ITP student, and this is the textbook for our linguistics class. It's great. Don't expect to learn any sign from it though, this book assumes you already have a beginning level vocabulary. The book starts out with an introduction to Language and linguistics and progressively gets more difficult it it's exploration of ASL structure. Basically this book informs you as to why you do the things you do while signing. A must read!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars linguistics, January 2, 2004

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Emily "Emily" (pittsburgh pa usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Linguistics of American Sign Language Text, 3rd Edition: An Introduction (Hardcover)

This explains all of the hows and whys of ASL. This book hit on challenging topics like morphology. The passages and lessons were interesting.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just as i expected!, February 8, 2009

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This review is from: Linguistics of American Sign Language Text, 3rd Edition: An Introduction (Hardcover)

the book came in great timing and had the marks and everything that were in the description! It was a great price for the book and the seller was awesome about description and timeliness.