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jesse_the_k. ;-)
A few days ago,jesse_the_k gave me a link to a page of links to the biography When the Mind Hears by Harlan Lane. Unfortunately, all the ASL synopsis versions are on VHS, and I have no VHS player, anymore. Boo!
But, I went searching around the site, to see what else they had on the topic. ... And found this: Signing the Body Poetic: Essays on American Sign Language Literature (With accompanying DVD [With English Voice-overs, and/or subtitles]).
OMG! WANT!!!!elevens!
According to the site, it's only available in local college and university libraries (not my public ones). Or I could buy it from Amazon for $70... or Barnes and Nobel for $56.
Then, today, I was thinking to myself: "Gee, Self, you know how short, strongly rhymed, rhythmic, poems are used to help hearing toddlers and small kids to become fluent in their native tongues?"
"Yes, I know of that," Myself said back to I.
"Well," said I, "I wonder if someone has come up with something similar for ASL... with signs that rhyme in ASL, but not English."
"Good question. Well, you know, Mr. Google is our friend."
So Myself and I asked Mr. Google.
Mr. Google told us about Grandfather Moose.* And then, pointed us to where we could buy it (only, not so much). Then, I scrolled down the page, and saw that they had Signing the Body Poetic for $29.95! And there's a 15% discount on the entire store through the 15th.
Fuckit. Want! Buy!
*And yes, Granfather and Moose do rhyme in ASL.
jesse_the_k. ;-)A few days ago,
jesse_the_k gave me a link to a page of links to the biography When the Mind Hears by Harlan Lane. Unfortunately, all the ASL synopsis versions are on VHS, and I have no VHS player, anymore. Boo!But, I went searching around the site, to see what else they had on the topic. ... And found this: Signing the Body Poetic: Essays on American Sign Language Literature (With accompanying DVD [With English Voice-overs, and/or subtitles]).
OMG! WANT!!!!elevens!
According to the site, it's only available in local college and university libraries (not my public ones). Or I could buy it from Amazon for $70... or Barnes and Nobel for $56.
Then, today, I was thinking to myself: "Gee, Self, you know how short, strongly rhymed, rhythmic, poems are used to help hearing toddlers and small kids to become fluent in their native tongues?"
"Yes, I know of that," Myself said back to I.
"Well," said I, "I wonder if someone has come up with something similar for ASL... with signs that rhyme in ASL, but not English."
"Good question. Well, you know, Mr. Google is our friend."
So Myself and I asked Mr. Google.
Mr. Google told us about Grandfather Moose.* And then, pointed us to where we could buy it (only, not so much). Then, I scrolled down the page, and saw that they had Signing the Body Poetic for $29.95! And there's a 15% discount on the entire store through the 15th.
Fuckit. Want! Buy!
*And yes, Granfather and Moose do rhyme in ASL.
