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So far, Blissymbolics, Large Print, Moon Alphabet, and Sign Language of the Deaf have been placed on this page.
updated 10-1-2001 Blissymbolics, also called Semantography, was developed by Charles K. Bliss. It was originally intended as an easily-learned system of written communication, which could improve international relations. Although never adopted for international use, it has turned out to be a very positive means of communication for persons, usually children, who previously had not learned any other means. In 1971, the Ontario Crippled Children's Center adopted it, with sometimes dramatic results, such as a child of 7 suddenly speaking after learning these symbols, who had never done so before! Comprised of 100 "elements" which may be combined to form the symbols, usually a "basic 30", adapted to the learner's primary needs, are taught first. If these prove successful, 100, 200, or 400 total symbols may be learned. Some ofthe symbols are pictographic, some ideographic, and a few are arbitrary. Designed for non-readers, the symbols are entirely visual; thus, a new and arbitrary orthography need not be learned, in order for expression to take place. 001.56 Communicating with Blissymbolics C734 RID: cn85-98264 ITEM #: bli00001 001.56 Helfman, Elizabeth S H474b Blissymbolics, speaking without speech RID: 80-20431 ITEM #: bli00002 Prof. Paper Jones, Karen Lynn, 1952- Montana The application of Blissymbolics to the Jones, non-vocal communicatively handicapped. -- 1977. K.L. RID: --- ITEM #: bli00003 Blissymbolics
Updated 12-14-2001 Large print, also called Large type, is used for those who either cannot read regular-sized type, or whose eyes tire easily when reading regular type. There is apparently no minimum size standard for large print, although the U.S. Postal Service does require a minimum of 16-point type to quality for distribution as free material for the blind and visually impaired. NOTICE: WE DO NOT GET A LOT OF THESE, BUT DO HAVE SOME. TRY ALSO MISSOULA PUBLIC LIBRARY, AND THE MONTANA STATE LIBRARY FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED. NOTE ALSO THAT OUR LIBRARY HAS A NUMBER OF "TALKING BOOKS," BUT THESE ARE OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF "LANGUAGE FINGER." 821.008 Best-loved poems in large print. - [S.l.] : G.K. Hall, 1983 B5613 RID: --- ITEM #: lgp00002 001.63 Large type books [in Missoula Public Library]. L322 -- Missoula, Mont. : The Library, 1989 Ref. Lists the Large-type holdings at Missoula Public Library, with that library's call numbers. RID: wln91-335518 ITEM #: lgp00001 499.4211 [Na kiko]. - [Honolulu? : s.n., 188-?] K47 In Hawaiian. Names and explains the use of each mark of punctuation in one or two sentences. RID: --- ITEM #: haw00047 Large Print
updated 10-2-2001 The Moon alphabet, also called Moon type, is a kind of raised type incorporating simple forms, most bearing some relationship to their counterparts in the Latin alphabet. It is named for William Moon, who invented it in 1845. The forms are simpler to distinguish than the dots of braille, so are easier for persons with less tactile discrimination to learn; it is more common in Britain than in America, and is used chiefly by those elderly blind who were blinded late in life. 032 "Moon type" IN Encyclopaedia Britannica micropedia ready reference. E56 -- Ottawa : Menage-Ottawa, 1993 (p. 300) 15th ed. 1993 v. 8 423 "Moon type" IN Webster's third new international dictionary of the W382w English language, unabridged / ed.-in-chief, Pilip Babcock 1961 Gove. -- Springfield, Mass. : Merriam, 1965. (p. 1467) Ref. RID: 61-65336 ITEM #: moo00001 Moon Alphabet
updated 8-23-2001 Manual commication systems devised for use by the deaf exist in several varieties, all lumped together here. American Sign Language, also called ASL or Ameslan, is the most widely used among American deaf adults. French Sign Language (FSL) was invented by Thomas Gallaudet, in conjunction with Laurent Clerc, a deaf teacher from France. American Sign Language was greatly influenced by FSL, and some of its signs show their French origins. Of course, other countries have their own sign languages, too, although ASL is widely known among the world's deaf. Today, American Sign Language is acknowledged by linguists to be a separate language from English, with its own, sometimes quite different grammar. For purposes of teaching English to deaf children, several varieties exist, including SEE, which stands for 2 different varieties, Signing Exact English and Seeing Essential English, LOVE, or Linguistics of Visual English, and Signed English. There is also Cued Speech, but that is spoken language augmented by only a few signs, so is only borderline a separate language, by definition. You may have heard of "the manual alphabet." In fact, there are 2, one formed using just one hand (this is the one used with American Sign Language), and one formed using both hands for each letter. The latter is the one more commonly used in Britain, and is the one taught to Helen Keller. Sign Language (of the Deaf)
616.85506 ACM Conference on Assistive Technologies (4th : 2000 : Arlington, Virginia) A11191p Assets 2000. - New York : Association for Computing Machinery, 4th 2000 2000 RID: --- ITEM #: brl00019 792.0872 Baldwin, Stanley C., 1944- B182p Pictures in the air : the story of the National Theatre of the Deaf. -- Washington, D.C. : Gallaudet University Press, 1993 RID: 93-37250 ITEM #: asl00022 419 Carpenter, Carol B C295s Say it in sign RID: 82-17017 ITEM #: asl00001 419.03 The Comprehensive signed English dictionary C737 RID: 82-82830 ITEM #: asl00002 410 Cook, V. J. (Vivian James), 1940- C7719i Inside language. - [S.l.] : Arnold RID: 96-35490 ITEM #: ang00048 419 Fant, Louie J F216a Ameslan RID: wln80-36548 ITEM #: asl00003 419 Fant, Louie J F216i Intermediate sign language RID: wln81-60656 ITEM #: asl00004 419 Fant, Louie J F216s Sign language RID: 77-93544 ITEM #: asl00005 375.001 Fry, Edward Bernard, 1925- F946r The reading teacher's book of lists / Edward 1993 Bernard Fry, Jacqueline E. Kress, Dona Lee Fountoukidis. -- Englewood Cliffs, NJ : Prentice Hall, 1993. RID: 93-9256 ITEM #: gre00207 419 Hay, William Robert H413s Sign space as paralinguistic device and the ABC story in American Sign Language. -- 1996 Thesis (M.A.)--University of Montana, 1996. RID: --- ITEM #: asl00023 419 Hoemann, Harry W H694c Communicating with deaf people RID: 78-17193 ITEM #: asl00006 419 Hoffman, Cheryl M H699c Comprehensive reference manual for 1988 signers ... Ref. RID: 88-70613 ITEM #: asl00007 419 Humphries, Tom H928b A basic course in American sign language RID: 80-53994 ITEM #: asl00008 407.12 Jukich-Cuccia, Debra J93f Foreign language programs at the middle school level in the state of Montana. -- 1997. Thesis (M.A.--University of Montana, 1997. RID: wln98-23337 ITEM #: nor00045 419 Klima, Edward S., 1931- K65s The signs of language RID: 78-31820 ITEM #: asl00009 419 Language acquisition by eye. - [S.l.] : Lawrence Erlbaum L2871 Associates, 2000 Includes both American and Japanese Sign Language. RID: 99-30894 ITEM #: asl00027 419 McIntosh. Rebecca Anne M152i Is ASL gender-biased? : a study of whether deaf school children can recognize gender-bias in their language. -- 1990. Thesis (M.A.)--University of Montana, 1991. RID: wln92-36901 ITEM #: asl00021 419 Madsen, Willard J M183c Conversational sign language II RID: wln74-5533 ITEM #: asl00010 419 On the other hand O58 RID: 77-5342 ITEM #: asl00011 419 Recent perspectives on American ... R295 RID: 80-14759 ITEM #: asl00012 419 Riekehof, Lottie L R555j The joy of signing 1978 RID: 77-83947 ITEM #: asl00013 Q Sanders, Josef I. 419.1 The ABC's of sign language S215a RID: 68-24178 ITEM #: asl00014 469.798 The Sign language of Brazil S578 RID: wln85-5486 ITEM #: por00034 419.03 The Signed English dictionary for preschool ... S578 RID: 75-24685 ITEM #: asl00016 419 Stelle, Truman W S824p A primer for parents ... RID: wln82-57169 ITEM #: asl00017 419 Sternberg, Martin L. A. S839a American Sign Language. - Unabridged ed. - 1998 New York : HarperCollins, 1998 RID: 98-26649 ITEM #: asl00025 419 Sternberg, Martin L. A. S839a American sign language Ref. RID: 75-25066 ITEM #: asl00018 419 Stokoe, William C S874s Semiotics and human sign language RID: 71-173380 ITEM #: asl00019 419 Tennant, Richard A T296a The American Sign Language handshape dictionary Ref. RID: --- ITEM #: asl00026 371.9120973 Toward effective public school programs for deaf T737 students : context, process, and outcomes / edited by Thomas N. Kluwin, Donald F. Moores, Martha Gonter Gaustad. -- New York : Teachers College Press, 1992. RID: 92-2932 ITEM #: asl00024 VT Valli, Clayton 09267 Linguistics of American Sign Language. - [Washington, book D.C.] : Gallaudet University Press, 1995 RID: 95-19664 ITEM #: asl00028 419 Wilbur, Ronnie Bring W666a American sign language ... RID: 78-21887 ITEM #: asl00020Return to Beginning of Sign Language citations Return to List of Communication Systems for People with Disabilities Return to List of Types of Languages Return to Beginning of "Language Finger"
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