A language in space

By Irit Meir, Wendy Sandler

Subjects: Means of communication, Language Arts & Disciplines / Sign Language, Bilingual Education, Nonfiction, Cognitive Psychology, Special Education - Communicative Disorders, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES, Gebarentaal, Neuropsychology, Deaf, Psychology & Psychiatry / Neuropsychology, Language Arts, Sign languages, Braille & other linguistic communication, Israel, Psychology, Israeli Sign Language, Sign Language, Sign language

Description: This English version of A Language in Space: The Story of Israeli Sign Language, which received the Bahat Award for most outstanding book for a general audience in its Hebrew edition, is an introduction to sign language using Israeli Sign Language (ISL) as a model. Authors Irit Meir and Wendy Sandler offer a glimpse into a number of fascinating descriptions of the ISL community to which linguists and other researchers may not have access. An underlying premise of the book is that language is a mental system with universal properties, and that language lives through people. A clear and engaging read, A Language in Space addresses relevant aspects of sign language, including the most abstract questions and matters related to society and community. Divided into three parts, the book covers:the linguistic structure of Israeli Sign Language;the language and its community; anda broad depiction of ISL and the contribution of sign language research to linguistic theory. This book is intended for linguists (with or without a background in sign language), psychologists, sociologists, educators, students, and anyone with an interest in the human capacity for language.