Israeli Sign Language
From AASL
Language name | Israeli Sign Language |
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Region | Israel |
Language name
Israeli Sign Language
(Altanate names) ISL
(Indigenous names) Sfàt ha-simaním ha-israelít
Region
Population of signers
5,000 users including some hearing persons (Van Cleve 1986).
Language family
Dialects
Linguistic characteristics
History
Related sign languages
Related spoken languages
Institutes, associations and universities
Dictionaries
Savir, Hava ed. 1992. Sha'ar li-´sefat simanim Yi´sra'elit = Gateway to Israeli Sign Language. Tel Aviv: The Association of the Deaf in Israel.
Namir, Lila, Israel Sella, Mordechai Rimor and Izchak M Schlesinger. 1977. Dictionary of sign language of the deaf in Israel. Jerusalem: Ministry of Social Welfare.
Bibliography
Most, Tova, Amatzia Weisel and Shay Ezrachi. 2009. Deaf Education in Israel. In: Moores, Donald F. and Margery S. Miller eds. Deaf people around the world: Educational and social perspectives. Washington,DC: Gallaudet University Press. 101-118.
Plaut, A. 2007. What has changed? The history of educational frameworks for students with hearing impairments in Israel 1932-2005. Tel Aviv : Mofet Institute Publishing.
Most, Tova. 2006. Communication rehabilitation of children with hearing impairment in the educational setting: A guide to the educational staff. Jerusalem : The ministry of education/Maalot publishing.
Meir, E. and Sandler, V. 2004. Language in open spaces: A place for Israeli Signed Language. Haifa, Israel : Haifa University publications/ Zmora Beitan.
Weisel, Aamtzia. and Zandberg, S. 2002. Issues of special education: Unit 8. Hearing impairment.Tel Aviv : The Open University.
Weisel, Amatzia. 2001. Equality, excellence, and parental choice in the education of deaf and hard of hearing children in Israel: Ethics and balancing individual, group and national agendas. In: Rod G. Beattie ed. Ethics in deaf education (chap. 6). New York : Academic Press.
Gorni, Z. and Hacohen, R. 1999-2000. Guide of rights and services for the hearing impaired (deaf and hard of hearing) in Israel /Jerusalem. Jerusalem : The ministry of Labor and social services, rehabilitation branch.
Zweibel, A. 1999. Education of the deaf in Israel: Past, present, and future. In: William H. Brelje ed. Global perspectives on the education of the deaf. Hillsboro, OR : Butte Publications. 191-204
Gur, H. 1997. Equal opportunities and repression: The case of the deaf. In: Theories in education, 2. 205-219.
Dromi, A., and Reingold-Frimerman, D. 1996. Intervention by communication and language with children with hearing impairment, the pre-verbal stag. Tel Aviv : Ramot Publications.
Weisel, Amatzia. 1995. Are there angels in heaven who know sign language? In: David. Chen ed. Education towards the 21st century. Tel Aviv : Ramot Publications. 503-515.
Weisel, Amatzia. and Reichstein, J. 1991. Routes to postsecondary education for hearing impaired students in Israel. In: Enid G. Wolf-Schein and J.D.Schein eds. Postsecondary education for Deaf students. Edmonton, Alberta : University of Alberta Press. 57-65.
Schlesinger, Izchak M. and Lila Namir. 1976. Recent research on Israeli Sign Language. In: Report on the 4th International Conference on Deafness. Tel Aviv, March, 18-23, 1973. Silver Spring, Md.: National Association of the Deaf. 114.
Researchers
History of sign language research
Related pages
Links
Bibliography on Deaf and hard of hearing children in Israel http://kinneret1.kinneret.co.il/benzev/yacov/bibdeaf.htm
The Sign Language Research Lab of The University of Haifa http://sandlersignlab.haifa.ac.il/html/html_eng/about.htm
Notes
Anatolia | Seraglio Sign Language (Harem Sign Language) | Turkish Sign Language |
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Arabian Peninsula | Kuwaiti Sign Language | Saudi Arabian Sign Language |
Iranian Plateau | Persian Sign Language (Iranian Sign Language) | Tea House Sign Language |
Levant | Al Sayyid Bedouin Sign Language | Israeli Sign Language | Jordanian Sign Language | Yiddish Sign Language |
Areas and others | Palestinian Sign Language |