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Understanding International Sign A Sociolinguistic Study
ISBN: HB: 9781563686726, Gallaudet University Press, December 2016
376 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 78 figures, 52 tables
In "Understanding International Sign", Lori A. Whynot examines International Sign (IS) to determine the extent it is comprehended by signers from different countries. She focuses exclusively on expository lecture IS used in conference settings and pr...
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£68,00
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Sign Language, Sustainable Development, and Equal Opportunities Envisioning the Future for Deaf Students
ISBN: HB: 9781563686788, Gallaudet University Press, November 2016
232 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 1 figure, 1 table
Increased interaction between sign language communities and the mainstream societies in which they function is creating the potential for greater equality of opportunity for people who are deaf and hard of hearing. In this volume, renowned scholars a...
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£64,00
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Silent Garden A Parent's Guide to Raising a Deaf Child
ISBN: PB: 9781563686764, Gallaudet University Press, November 2016
344 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 5 figures, 2 tables
For over 30 years, "The Silent Garden" has offered parents of deaf children the support and unbiased information needed to fully realize their children's potential. This completely revised third edition is a must-have resource that will help parents...
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£26,00
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And No Birds Sing
ISBN: PB: 9781563686689, Gallaudet University Press, October 2016
256 pp., 20.3x12.7 cm, 8 photographs
Originally published in 1931, this memoir is an unflinching look at the life experience of a woman struggling with identity and isolation. In harrowing yet lyrical prose, Pauline Leader assails her poverty and Jewish heritage and longs to fit in with...
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£26,00
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Change and Promise Bilingual Deaf Education and Deaf Culture in Latin America
ISBN: HB: 9781563686740, Gallaudet University Press, October 2016
240 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 13 photographs, 11 figures, 6 tables
Within the past few decades, there has been great progress in deaf education in Latin America and growth in the empowerment of their Deaf communities. However, there is little awareness outside that region of these successes. For the first time, this...
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£56,00
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American Sign Language Handshape Dictionary
ISBN: HB + DVD: 9781563684449, Gallaudet University Press, October 2016
456 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 1900 sign illus.
Now, the bestselling resource "The American Sign Language Handshape Dictionary" has been completely revised with more than 320 new signs and a new DVD. It organizes more than 1,900 ASL signs by 40 basic handshapes and includes detailed descriptions o...
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£35,00
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Hidden Treasure of Black ASL Its History and Structure
ISBN: HB + DVD: 9781563684890, Gallaudet University Press, October 2016
240 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, tables, figures
People who first encounter sign language often ask if all deaf people sign the same language and are surprised to learn that there are different sign languages in different nations worldwide, as well as variations of these languages. One variation, B...
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£60,00
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Interpreting in the Zone How the Conscious and Unconscious Function in Interpretation
ISBN: HB: 9781563686665, Gallaudet University Press, June 2016
288 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 51 figures, 23 tables
Successful interpretation can feel seamless, an intuitive and efficient translation of meaning from one signed or spoken language to another. Yet the process of interpretation is actually quite complex and relies upon myriad components ranging from p...
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£56,00
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Signing and Belonging in Nepal
ISBN: HB: 9781563686641, Gallaudet University Press, June 2016
176 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 11 line drawings, 3 photos
While many deaf organizations around the world have adopted an ethno-linguistic framing of deafness, the meanings and consequences of this perspective vary across cultural contexts, and relatively little scholarship exists that explores this framewor...
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£45,00
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In Our Own Hands Essays in Deaf History, 1780-1970
ISBN: PB: 9781563686603, Gallaudet University Press, May 2016
304 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 25 photos, 4 tables
This collection of new research examines the development of deaf people's autonomy and citizenship discourses as they sought access to full citizenship rights in local and national settings. Covering the period of 1780-1970, the essays in this collec...
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£30,00
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