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American Sign Language & Deaf Studies

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A selection of some of our reference books available in Billington Library:

The American Sign Language Handshape Dictionary by Richard A. Tennant; Marianne Gluszak Brown; Valerie Nelson-Metlay (Illustrator)
Call Number: HV2475 .T46 2010
ISBN: 9781563684449
Comprehensive Reference Manual for Signers and Interpreters by Cheryl M. Hoffman
Call Number: HV2474 .H655 2009
ISBN: 9780398078584
Deaf Artists in America by Deborah M. Sonnenstrahl
Call Number: N6505 .S614 2002
ISBN: 1581210507
Deaf Persons in the Arts and Sciences by Harry G. Lang; Bonnie Meath-Lang
Call Number: HV2373 .L36 1995
ISBN: 0313291705
The Gallaudet Dictionary of American Sign Language by Peggy Swartzel Lott (Illustrator); Daniel Renner (Illustrator); Rob Hills (Illustrator); Clayton Valli (Editor)
Call Number: HV2475 .G35 2005
ISBN: 1563682826
The accompanying DVD features a diverse group of native ASL signers demonstrating how to form each of the 3,077 signs. To check out the DVD, inquire at the Reference Desk at the Billington Library.
Gallaudet Encyclopedia of Deaf People and Deafness by John V. Van Cleve
Call Number: HV2365 .G35 1987
ISBN: 0070792291
Great Deaf Americans by Matthew S. Moore; Robert Panara
Call Number: HV2534.A3 M66 1996
ISBN: 0963401661
A Historical and Etymological Dictionary of American Sign Language by Emily Shaw; Yves Delaporte; Carole Marion (Illustrator)
Call Number: HV2475.S522 2015
ISBN: 9781563686214
Publication Date: 2015-06-30
Oxford Handbook of Deaf Studies, Language, and Education by Marc Marschark (Editor); Patricia Elizabeth Spencer (Editor)
Call Number: HV2380 .O88
ISBN: 0195149971
Publication Date: 2003-03-27
Random House Webster's American Sign Language Legal Dictionary by Elaine Costello
Call Number: K52.A6 C67 2003
ISBN: 9780375719431
Publication Date: 2003-07-08
Random House Webster's American Sign Language Medical Dictionary by Elaine Costello
Call Number: HV2475 .C663 2000
ISBN: 9780375709272
Publication Date: 2000-08-29