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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...
Learn to Sign the Fun Way!
Crown Publishing Group 2010; US$ 14.95The perfect guide to signing for everyone! Never before has learning to sign been so simple and so much fun! Whether you are a teacher or a parent, this lively self-guided book of American Sign Language (ASL) will quickly become your kids' new favorite teacher! Learn to Sign the Fun Way goes beyond the manual alphabet and teaches the beautiful... more...
Dirty Sign Language
Ulysses Press 2010; US$ 10.00GET D!RTY! Next time you?re signing with your friends, drop the ASL textbook formality and start flashing the signs they don?t teach in any classroom, including: ? cool slang ? funny insults ? explicit sex terms ? raw swear words Dirty Sign Language teaches casual everyday words and expressions like: ? Peace out! ? Asshole. ? Bit me! ? ... more...
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...
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...
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...
Applications of Nonverbal Communication
Taylor and Francis 2005; US$ 47.95The goal of this edited volume is to provide a much needed bridge between the research on nonverbal communication and the application of those findings. The book features contributions from some of the leading researchers in the field. These distinguished scholars apply their understanding of nonverbal communication processes to a variety of settings... 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...
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...
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...









