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Face, Communication and Social Interaction
Equinox Publishing Ltd 2009; US$ 72.00It is an enduring theme of humanity that people are concerned about what others think of them. The notion of face has thus become firmly established as a means of explaining various social phenomena in a range of fields within the social sciences, including anthropology, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, and psychology. Yet face has also become increasingly... more...
Forbidden Signs
University of Chicago Press 1998; US$ 22.50Forbidden Signs explores American culture from the mid-nineteenth century to 1920 through the lens of one striking episode: the campaign led by Alexander Graham Bell and other prominent Americans to suppress the use of sign language among deaf people. The ensuing debate over sign language invoked such fundamental questions as what distinguished... more...
Learn Sign Language in a Hurry
F+W Media 2010; US$ 8.95"I love you." "What can I get you?" "Let's take a walk." Wanting to say simple things like these but not being able to is frustrating and disheartening--but learning how to communicate can be easy and fun! This book is a basic guide to the alphabet, vocabulary, and techniques it takes to connect using American Sign Language. Whether signing out of... more...
The American Sign Language Phrase Book
McGraw-Hill 2008; US$ 20.00Open up a whole new world of communication through ASL. You can easily learn ASL with help from The American Sign Language Phrase Book . With more than 500 phrases, this is the reference guide to everyday expressions in American Sign Language, providing a quick way for you to converse with deaf people. Clearly illustrated with hundreds of line drawings,... more...
Anthropology of Indirect Communication
Routledge 2001; US$ 44.95Drawing on their experiences in the field from a Mormon Theme Park in Hawaii, through carnival time on Montserrat to the exclusive domain of the Market, contributors explore indirect communication from an anthropological perspective. more...
Australian Sign Language (Auslan)
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 37.00The first comprehensive introduction to Auslan, exploring key aspects of its structure and use. more...
Grammar, Gesture, and Meaning in American Sign Language
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 45.00In sign languages of the deaf, now recognized as fully legitimate human languages, some signs can meaningfully point toward things or can be meaningfully placed in the space ahead of the signer. This book focuses on American Sign Language to examine the grammatical and conceptual purposes served by these signs. more...
The Sourcebook of Nonverbal Measures
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 78.95The Sourcebook of Nonverbal Measures provides a comprehensive discussion of research choices for investigating nonverbal phenomena. The volume presents many of the primary means by which researchers assess nonverbal cues. Editor Valerie Manusov has collected both well-established and new measures used in researching nonverbal behaviors, illustrating... more...
Reading Between the Signs
Intercultural Press 1999; US$ 27.95Ann Mindess examines a culture not widely understood - American deaf culture. Collectivist and high-context, it contrasts with mainstream individualistic, low-context American culture. Both cultures are examined and the interpreter's role and responsibilities are discussed. more...
A Handful of Sounds
Australian Council for Educational Research 2003; US$ 42.95The Cued Articulation (CA) system of hand cues and colour codes was devised by speech pathologist, Jane Passy, to help severely speech-and language-disordered children understand and pronounce the sounds of speech. A Handful of Sounds is a compilation of chapters written by enthusiastic users of Cued Articulation from Australia and the UK. Contributors... more...
