Simplified signs [electronic resource] : a manual sign-communication system for special populations. Volume 2, Simplified sign lexicon, descriptions, and memory aids / John D. Bonvillian, Nicole Kissane Lee, Tracy T. Dooley, and Filip T. Loncke ; illustrated by Val Nelson-Metlay.
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TextPublisher: Open Book Publishers, Description: 1 online resource (1136 pages) : 1062 illustrationsISBN: 9781800640016; 9781800640023; 9781800640030; 9781800640047Other title: Simplified sign lexicon, descriptions, and memory aidsSubject(s): Sign languageOnline resources: Connect to e-book | Connect to cover image | Item type | Current library | Call number | URL | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes indexes.
Contents -- Preface / John D. Bonvillian -- 10. Introduction to the Simplified Sign System / John D. Bonvillian, Nicole Kissane Lee, Tracy T. Dooley and Filip T. Loncke -- 11. The Simplified Sign System Lexicon / John D. Bonvillian, Nicole Kissane Lee, Tracy T. Dooley and Filip T. Loncke -- Author Biographies -- Subject Index -- Sign Index -- About the publishing team.
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"Simplified Signs presents a system of manual sign communication intended for special populations who have had limited success mastering spoken or full sign languages. It is the culmination of over twenty years of research and development by the authors. The Simplified Sign System has been developed and tested for ease of sign comprehension, memorization, and formation by limiting the complexity of the motor skills required to form each sign, and by ensuring that each sign visually resembles the meaning it conveys. Volume 1 outlines the research underpinning and informing the project, and places the Simplified Sign System in a wider context of sign usage, historically and by different populations. Volume 2 presents the lexicon of signs, totalling approximately 1000 signs, each with a clear illustration and a written description of how the sign is formed, as well as a memory aid that connects the sign visually to the meaning that it conveys. While the Simplified Sign System originally was developed to meet the needs of persons with intellectual disabilities, cerebral palsy, autism, or aphasia, it may also assist the communication needs of a wider audience - such as healthcare professionals, aid workers, military personnel , travellers or parents, and children who have not yet mastered spoken language. The system also has been shown to enhance learning for individuals studying a foreign language. Lucid and comprehensive, this work constitutes a valuable resource that will enhance the communicative interactions of many different people, and will be of great interest to researchers and educators alike."--Publisher's website.
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