A Historical and Etymological Dictionary of American Sign Language: The Origin and Evolution of More Than 500 Signs by Carole Marion, Yves Delaporte, Emily Shaw

A Historical and Etymological Dictionary of American Sign Language: The Origin and Evolution of More Than 500 Signs

Carole Marion, Yves Delaporte, Emily Shaw

344 pages first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction reference self help challenging informative slow-paced
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The story of how American Sign Language (ASL) came to be is almost mythic. In the early 19th century, a hearing American reverend, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, met a Deaf French educator, Laurent Clerc, who agreed to come to the United States and hel...

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