Long Island Site CD’S
SignLink: Lexicon of ASL (1998). Hillsboro, OR: Butte Publications,
Inc.
Description: SignLink is an interactive CD learning tool
using video clips of the most
common ASL signs. There are over 1,000 video clips linked
to more than 2,300
English equivalents, accessible in three ways. Most familiar
are alphabetic listing
with a "scroll as you type" feature and word searching
allowing a search by typing
English equivalents. SignLink's advanced parameter search
allows searching by
linguistic parameters,returning a list of the most accurate
matches. Each sign is
categorized by handshape, palm orientation, body location,
movement, and non-
behavior, each of which is a basis for a parameter search.
SignLink includes
introductory tutorials on the structure and grammar of ASL,
ASL history, and
Deaf Culture.
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