Title: NOT for ASL Students
Product review: As a student of American Sign Language (ASL), I have successfully used Flodin's earlier book, "Signing Illustrated: The Complete Learning Guide," as a favorite reference through two semesters of the basics. I would, however, withhold any recommendation of "Signing Everyday Phrases" to a student of ASL.ASL is recognized as a true language and as such has its own specific syntax. "Signing Everyday Phrases" is an offering in Signed English which presents a different word order from ASL and uses many more signs to convey the same meaning.Since this book is about putting signed words together to form phrases and short sentences and appropriate syntax is a must in ASL, this book is definitely not for the student of ASL.
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