Dictionary of British Sign Language / English.
British Deaf Association (ed. Brien, David):
Published by London: Faber and Faber, 1992
First edition, seventh impression. Paperback: laminated pictorial card wrappers. 1084pp. With small b&w photos of sign language throughout, as well as some facial expressions and line diagrams.
British Sign Language (B.S.L.) is the visual gestural language of the Deaf community in Britain and is the first or preferred language of over 70,000 people.
This is the first major B.S.L./English Dictionary to be published. It contains over 1,800 photographed sign entries ordered by linguistic principles according to the visual characteristics of the language. Each entry is notated with a description of how to produce the sign. A guide to the meaning(s) of each sign is provided in English.
The dictionary will be of particular interest to hearing and Deaf people (and their tutors) engaged in learning B.S.L. or English as a second language. Whether you want to learn B.S.L or teach it - or just improve your vocabulary - the Dictionary of British Sign Language is the authoritative place to begin.
The Dictionary of British Sign Language was compiled for the British Deaf Association by the Deaf Studies Research Unit at the University of Durham.
OLIVER CHANARIN
Controversial winner of the Deutsche Börse prize, with Adam Broomberg.
My favourite book is The British Dictionary of Sign Language, published by Faber and Faber in 1992. It contains 1,800 shots and is a great example of photography that’s both beautiful and useful.
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