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The story of how American Sign Language (ASL) came to be is almost mythic. In the early 19th century, a hearing American reverend, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, met a Deaf French educator, Laurent Clerc, who agreed to come to the United States and help establish the first school in America to use sign language to teach deaf children.
Shaw and Yves Delaporte present a compelling and detailed account of the origins of over 500 ASL signs, including regional variations.

This Mandarin Chinese Dictionary is for elementary to intermediate learners of Chinese.

The Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary covers over 90,000 words and phrases, and 120,000 translations of contemporary French and English.

The Pocket Oxford German Dictionary covers over 90,000 words and phrases, and 120,000 translations of contemporary German and English.

The Pocket Oxford Italian Dictionary covers over 90,000 words and phrases, and 120,000 translations of contemporary Italian and English.

Covers over 46,000 words and phrases, including new Latin words from Plautus, Terence, and Silver Latin, while common irregular stems are now given as headwords.

The Pocket Oxford Spanish Dictionary covers over 90,000 words and phrases.