Sign Language Link

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This beginners resource is now fully revised and updated. The background introduction clearly explains the role and importance of BSL (British Sign Language) in deaf people's lives. It contains 1000 everyday words with 400 clear line drawing illustrations and easy to follow descriptions of how to make the sign. It describes handshapes, movements, facial and bodily expressions and gives details of regional variations. It features left and right handed versions of the fingerspelling alphabet plus the Deafblind and American one-handed alphabets with further reading and useful contacts.