searching for some ASL signs

[Don & Theresa G]

Richard,

As far as I know, there are NO ASL signs for any of these.  My suggestion:
Fingerspell these terms.  The kids need to know how to spell them and their
meanings anyway, and fingerspelling is a good way of exposing them to it.
And, they WILL get it (understand) what you're saying.  See my article
"Lexidactylophobia: The (Irrational) Fear of Fingerspelling" in the December
1998 Issue of the American Annals of the Deaf (v. 143:5), pp. 404-415.  I
discuss this very issue and lay out all the rationale for using
fingerspelling in contexts like this in this article.

--Donald A. Grushkin

----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Arnold <Rna8arnold at AOL.COM>
To: <SLLING-L at ADMIN.HUMBERC.ON.CA>
Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 1999 3:47 PM
Subject: Re: searching for some ASL signs


> Dear SLLINGers (esp. those who are fluent in ASL),
>
> I am looking for the ASL signs for some of the English glosses:
>
> ESSENCE  (as used in chemistry)
> ELEMENT (as in chemistry not element on a stove)
> METABOLIC
> ATOM -ic
> HERBAL
> ATTRIBUTE
> VIRTUE
>
>
> Are there any specialized ASL dictionaries for scientific terms especially
> chemistry and biology ?? How can I get hold of one?
>
> Any help is welcome. Thanks, email me personally at rna8arnold at aol.com
unless
> you think it is of interest to other people on the list.
>
> I am particulary only interested in ASL signs but signs from any other
> European sign language is also welcome.
>
> Thanks
>
> Richard Arnold