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Between Two Worlds My Life as a Child of Deaf Adults
ISBN: PB: 9781944838539, Gallaudet University Press, June 2019
176 pp., 21.5x13.9 cm, 5 photos
In his memoir, David Sorensen explores his identity as a coda, or a child of Deaf adults. He describes his experiences with the roles often placed on codas at a young age, such as interpreter, confidant, and decision-maker. His story reveals a person...
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£23,00
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Gesture in Multiparty Interaction
ISBN: HB: 9781944838430, Gallaudet University Press, February 2019
256 pp., 23.5x15.9 cm
"Gesture in Multiparty Interaction" confronts the competing views that exist regarding gesture's relationship to language. In this work, Emily Shaw examines embodied discourses in American Sign Language and spoken English and seeks to establish conne...
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£60,00
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Indian Sign Language An Analysis of Its Grammar
ISBN: HB: 9781944838089, Gallaudet University Press, February 2018
208 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 266 photos, 40 tables, 10 figures
Samar Sinha presents pioneering research into the grammatical properties of Indian Sign Language (ISL), a language used by members of the Deaf community in India. This detailed and well-illustrated study describes the grammar of ISL and is supplement...
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£49,00
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Animal Signs A First Book of Sign Language
ISBN: PB: 9781563680496, Gallaudet University Press, February 2018
16 pp., 15.9x15.9 cm
Charming, full-color photographs of basic animals plus illustrations of their corresponding signs offer children ages 1 to 4 a fun way to learn their first signs and vocabulary words. Constructed of sturdy cardboard with a protective finish on each p...
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£6,00
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Word Signs A First Book of Sign Language
ISBN: PB: 9781563680489, Gallaudet University Press, February 2018
16 pp., 15.9x15.9 cm
Charming, full-color photographs of basic words plus illustrations of their corresponding signs offer children ages 1 to 4 a fun way to learn their first signs and vocabulary words. Constructed of sturdy cardboard with a protective finish on each pag...
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Adventures of a Deaf-Mute and Other Short Pieces
ISBN: PB: 9781563686832, Gallaudet University Press, February 2017
128 pp., 20.3x12.7 cm, 4 figures, 1 illus.
In "Adventures of a Deaf-Mute", Deaf New Englander William B. Swett recounts his adventures in the White Mountains of New Hampshire in the late 1860s. Given to us in short, energetic episodes, Swett tells daring stories of narrow escapes from death a...
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£19,00
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Historical and Etymological Dictionary of American Sign Language
ISBN: HB: 9781563686214, Gallaudet University Press, June 2015
344 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 1150 sign illus.
The story of how American Sign Language (ASL) came to be is almost mythic. In the early 19th century, a hearing American reverend, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, met a Deaf French educator, Laurent Clerc, who agreed to come to the United States and help e...
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£56,50
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Sign Language Archaeology Understanding the Historical Roots of American Sign Language
ISBN: HB: 9781563684937, Gallaudet University Press, February 2015
278 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, figures, tables
This engrossing study investigates the infancy of American Sign Language (ASL). Authors Ted Supalla and Patricia Clark highlight the major events in ASL history, revealing much of what has not been clearly understood until now. According to tradition...
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£52,50
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Telling Deaf Lives Agents of Change
ISBN: PB: 9781563686191, Gallaudet University Press, October 2014
264 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, photos, tables, figures
In July 2012, the 8th Deaf History International (DHI) Conference featured 27 presentations from members of Deaf communities around the world who related their own autobiographies as well as the biographies of historical Deaf individuals. The present...
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£26,50
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More Than Meets the Eye Revealing the Complexities of an Interpreted Education
ISBN: HB: 9781563685798, Gallaudet University Press, November 2013
256 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 17 figures, 10 tables
Sign language interpreters often offer the primary avenue of access for deaf and hard of hearing students in public schools. More than 80% of all deaf children today are mainstreamed, and few of their teachers sign well enough to provide them with fu...
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£64,00
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