These websites feature links to hundreds of short Quicktime movies, searchable alphabetically, that illustrate a number of singular signs used in ASL. Great bookmarks for some quick look-ups for those of us who are just learning about this amazing language.
This old ASL Browser website has been around awhile...
Joanne also directed me to this Signing Savvy website, which seems to be an improvement on the ASL Browser in many ways.
Note that ASL is a language with its own grammar and syntax; using these signs in place of English words within the grammatical structure of English is not the same as speaking American Sign Language, but is actually what is known in the Deaf community as 'signing English' which is not really too popular! ;)
Still, I have found it useful to gain insight into how signs are formed using various hand-shapes. For example, check out the "R" hand-shape: first two fingers crossed. Now see the sign for "flower" and compare with the sign for "rose." The sign for "rose" is the sign for "flower," signed with an "R" hand-shape.
Joanne, if you have any other/better links with videos, please feel free to share!
If the embedded links above don't work, copy/paste these into your navigation bar:
ASL Browser: http://aslbrowser.commtechlab.msu.edu/browser.htm
Signing Savvy: http://www.signingsavvy.com
Adventure!!
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