The Gallaudet Survival Guide to Signing Author:Leonard G. Lane "This handy pocket guide illustrates about 500 words in the American Sign Language system. A good choice for public libraries." -- Booklist — "This easily portable reference book contains American Sign Language signs for use in home, school, work, or social situations. A written description of how to form each sign accompanies the sign illustrati... more »ons, which are drawn as they would be seen by the viewer. Included are suggestions for effective signing and methods for signing addresses, time, dates, and money." -- Exceptional Child
Education Resources Now the standard sign language book for more than 200,000 people has been completely revised and updated! American Sign Language (ASL) experts updated this brand-new edition to present more than 500 of the most current ASL signs in use today, including cross-references for multiple words expressed by a single sign. The Gallaudet Survival Guide to Signing also offers tips on ASL usage, plus the manual alphabet and manual numbers.« less
This is a regular paperback size book. The book is an ASL dictionary with signs listed from A-Z. The signs are illustrated in line drawings with a written description. For the most part the signs are described clearly and accurately. The book includes no "hints" for helping to remember the sign which I think would make many of the signs clearer to understand. This book also does not include signed English markers, nor does it explain ASL syntax or grammar. Overall this is a good book for expanded your knowledge of ASL signs but not signed English, as signed English uses many initialized signs. This book is not a good stand alone book for ASL as it covers no grammar or other aspects of ASL, such as facial expressions.