Language in Space

<p>This English version of <em>A Language in Space: The Story of Israeli Sign Language</em> 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.</p><p>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:</p><ul> <li>the linguistic structure of Israeli Sign Language;</li> <li>the language and its community; and</li> <li>a broad depiction of ISL and the contribution of sign language research to linguistic theory.</li> </ul><p>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.</p>