A language in space : the story of Israeli sign language / Irit Meir and Wendy Sandler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meir, Irit.

Contributor:

Sandler, Wendy, 1949-

Standardized Title:

Safah ba-merhav : eshnav la-safat ha-simanim ha-Yisreelit. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Israeli Sign Language.

Sign language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (353 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

Cover; A Language in Space: The Story of Israeli Sign Language; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Language and the People Who Use It; Part I The Linguistic Structure of Israeli Sign Language; 2 The Basic Components of the Word in Sign Language; 3 Vocabulary: Simple and Complex Words; 4 Grammar in Space: The Pronominal System; 5 Grammar in Space: Verb Agreement; 6 Tenses and Aspects; 7 Shapes, Locations, and Motions In Space: Classifier Constructions; 8 Word Order; 9 Negative and Interrogative Sentences; 10 Beyond the Hands: Facial Expression ISL

Part II The Language and Its Community11 The History of the Deaf Community in Israel; 12 The Emergence and Development of ISL; 13 Voices from the Community; Part III The Big Picture: ISL and Linguistic Theory; 14 Similarities and Differences Across Sign Languages; 15 The Contribution of Sign Languages to Linguistic Research; Appendix A: LIST OF HANDSHAPES OF ISRAELI SIGN LANGUAGE; Appendix B: MAIN PLACES OF ARTICULATION IN ISRAELI SIGN LANGUAGE; Appendix C: NOTATIONAL CONVENTIONS; References; Author Index; Subject Index

Notes:

"The English adaptation of the Hebrew book published by the University of Haifa Press."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-321) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-136-67984-7

1-281-14573-4

1-4106-1670-3

0-429-23551-8

0-203-81011-2

1-299-28718-2

1-136-67985-5

9780429235511

OCLC:

831119600