Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #30062 in Books
• Published on: 1998-09-15
• Original language: English
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• 230 pages

From the Publisher
Biography
When Communication Link came out in 1984 it was a pioneering book in a much needed area, since then it has been regulary revised and now updated for the latest 3rd Edition.

The book now contains approximately 1,900 commonly used signs in clear line drawings with explanatory captions, which now have more information on contextual meaning and variation, as well as a 2,900 word index in alphabetical order.

Several other books have been produced using Communication Link which include the unique Songs In Sign, Children's Sign Dictionary, Signs For Beginners and Signs For Use In Hospitals.

Please could you also note that this is not a commercial publication, it is still produced in Beverley School as it has been since it's inception and any profit which the project makes goes directly to enhance the education opportunities of our children.

Any comments or suggestions are always appreciated at the following emails:

bevdeaf@argonet.co.uk or sag@boss77.freeserve.co.uk

Many thanks for your interest

Sign Dictionary Team Beverley School For Deaf Children

Customer Reviews

A very good reference source for the BSL student
This book is quite simply brilliant. A must have reference source for the beginner and expert alike. Has aprox 1,900 illustrations (which are of the highest clarity)along with a precise and easy to follow instruction for each of the signs. Vocabulary has obviously been carefully chosen - contains the signs people "actually" use in every day situations. Very very good.

Communication Link - A useable sign dictionary
A sign dictionary that is easy to use and easy to understand. Must be good as people keep 'borrowing' my copy... I'm on my fourth copy in 10 years.

I also own the BSL dictionary - this is the one I reach for and use!

Alphabetical Dictionary
Along with "Dictionary of British Sign Language" by David Brien and Mary Brennan, "Communication Link" is the most consise BSL dictionary available. With plenty of signs and good explanations, this book is a nice help when learning BSL. that some signs learned in BSL classes can be regional signs and may differ from the dictionary's entry.

However, it is a shame, that signs have not been arranged thematically instead of alphabetically. Riekehof's "The Joy of Signing" on ASL is done that way and readers can much easily find information in sections like family, education, body, etc. This also encourages to read about similar signs within sections.

Let's hope the 4th edition of "Communication Link" will rearrange its signs in a more learner-oriented way and put signs in different topic sections and just have an alphabetical index of signs in the end.

More grammar wouldn't harm either.