All About Sign Language: Talking With Your Hands

by Felicia Lowenstein

Discusses the history of sign language, how signs are created, and the role of technolgy in the future of sign language.

Library Binding

First published October 1, 2004

Reviews

[Julietta M. · Rating 5 out of 5]

I learned all about the history of sign language. I was fascinated about all of the people working for each other.

[Heather · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is a nice introduction to the history of sign language, as well as some basic information about sign language. It may be confusing for some readers because the history that is covered does not take place in from earliest to latest, but the other way around.

[Kathy MacMillan · Rating 4 out of 5]

With a high-interest format and full-color photos and illustrations, Lowenstein uses stories of real deaf people, such as Helen Keller and Alice Cogswell, to introduce each chapter, and effortlessly weaves the fascinating history of American Sign Language into the narrative. Setting it apart from many books on the subject, this one goes into the linguistic principles of ASL, using the five aspects of a sign not only to demonstrate sign vocabulary, but also to show that ASL is a real language.

[Darriana 10-11 · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is not really a novel, just sort of a kids book. It tells you about the beginning of sign language and how it came to be learn and started from. If you need to know how to sign a number it's at the bottom of every page where the page number is. It also has the alphabet and much more so get ready to learn some sign lanuage.