LEADER 03193nam 2200433 450 001 9910411917903321 005 20201213095222.0 010 $a979-1-03-656306-5 010 $a1-80064-001-3 035 $a(CKB)4100000011373504 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6288250 035 $a(FrMaCLE)OB-obp-14627 035 $a(PPN)255349289 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011373504 100 $a20201213d2020 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aSimplified signs$hVolume 2$iSimplified sign lexicon, descriptions, and memory aids $ea manual sign-communication system for special populations /$fJohn D. Bonvillian [and three others] ; illustrated by Val Nelson-Metlay 210 1$aCambridge, England :$cOpenBook Publishers,$d[2020] 210 4$dİ2020 215 $a1 online resource (1,138 pages) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-78374-999-7 330 $aSimplified 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. As with all Open Book publications, this entire book is available to read for free on the publisher?s website. Printed and digital editions, together with supplementary digital material, can also be found at www.openbookpublishers.com 606 $aSign language 615 0$aSign language. 676 $a419 700 $aBonvillian$b John D.$0857461 702 $aNelson-Metlay$b Val 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910411917903321 996 $aSimplified signs$91914577 997 $aUNINA