The joy of signing: a dictionary of American signs

HIstory of sign language and fingerspelling

Terminology

The art of signing

The language pattern of signs: signing on the continuum

Fingerspelling

Manual alpha chart

Mastering the art of signing naturally

Words for which signs are not always required

Statements, commands, questions

Types of questions

The conditional sentence

Pluralization and frequency

Noun/verb pairs

Intensity and degree

Location of signs in a story

Use of eyes and index finger in pointing

The signer becoming the character in the story

Tense

Continuity, continuous action, duration

Regularity

Directionality of signs

Signs placed at appropriate locations on the body

Incorporating numbers

Numbers used with personal pronouns

Negation

Classifiers and size and shape specifiers

Organizations serving the deaf

Vocabulary index.