TY - GEN N2 - "The unique feature of this dictionary is that it is organized by handshape rather than by alphabetical order. An American Sign Language learner can look up an unfamiliar sign by looking for the handshape rather than by looking up the word in an alphabetical English glossary. At the same time, an English speaker can look up a sign for a specific word by looking at the Index of English Glossaries located at the end of the dictionary. The introduction includes a history of sign language in the United States. Detailed. AB - "The unique feature of this dictionary is that it is organized by handshape rather than by alphabetical order. An American Sign Language learner can look up an unfamiliar sign by looking for the handshape rather than by looking up the word in an alphabetical English glossary. At the same time, an English speaker can look up a sign for a specific word by looking at the Index of English Glossaries located at the end of the dictionary. The introduction includes a history of sign language in the United States. Detailed. T1 - The American Sign Language handshape dictionary DA - c1998. CY - Washington, D.C. : AU - Tennant, Richard A. AU - Brown, Marianne Gluszak. CN - EBSCOhost CN - HV2475 PB - Clerc Books, Gallaudet University Press, PP - Washington, D.C. : PY - c1998. N1 - Includes index. ID - 289930 KW - American Sign Language SN - 0585193266 (electronic bk.) TI - The American Sign Language handshape dictionary LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=12023 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=12023 ER -