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Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Among Other Peoples And Deaf-Mutes

Name: Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Among Other Peoples And Deaf-Mutes
Author: Garrick Mallery

Garrick Mallery

Read by Stacey Malcolm, Lauren Fontaine, DJRickyV, Inkell, Cbteddy, VO Gal, Cassandra A.M., bandai853, Claudia Caldi, Elsie Selwyn, CCam, David Cole, SwetaB and Victoria Temple · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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Introductory (3:47)
Divisions of Gesture Speech (10:00)
The Origin of Sign Language, Introduction (6:12)
The Origin of Sign Language, Gestures of the Lower Animals (6:21)
The Origin of Sign Language, Gestures of Young Children (4:39)
The Origin of Sign Language, Gestures in Mental Disorder (1:59)
The Origin of Sign Language, Uninstructed Deaf-Mutes (3:12)
The Origin of Sign Language, Gestures of the Blind (1:53)
The Origin of Sign Language, Loss of Speech by Isolation (1:57)
The Origin of Sign Language, Low Tribes of Man (1:42)
The Origin of Sign Language, Gestures as an Occasional Resource (1:33)
The Origin of Sign Language, Gestures of Fluent Talkers (2:50)
The Origin of Sign Language, Involuntary Response to Gestures (1:05)
The Origin of Sign Language, Natural Pantomime (5:57)
Some Theories Upon Primitive Language, Introduction (6:44)
Some Theories Upon Primitive Language, Conclusions (3:42)
History of Gesture Language (25:31)
Modern Use of Gesture Speech, Introduction (2:13)
Modern Use of Gesture Speech, Use By Other Peoples Than North American Indians (38:24)
Modern Use of Gesture Speech, Use By Modern Actors and Orators (11:19)
Our Indian Conditions Favorable to Sign Language (7:49)
Theories Entertained Respecting Indian Signs, Introduction (2:21)
Theories Entertained Respecting Indian Signs, Not Correlated With Meagerness of Language (6:22)
Theories Entertained Respecting Indian Signs, It's Origins From One Tribe or Region (13:01)
Theories Entertained Respecting Indian Signs, Is The Indian System Special and Peculiar (11:12)
Theories Entertained Respecting Indian Signs, To What Extent Prevalent as a System Part 1 (21:51)
Theories Entertained Respecting Indian Signs, To What Extent Prevalent as a System Part 2 (29:08)
Theories Entertained Respecting Indian Signs, Are Signs Conventional or Instinctive, Introduction (3:53)
Theories Entertained Respecting Indian Signs, Are Signs Conventional or Instinctive, Classes of Diversities in Signs (19:50)
Results Sought in The Study of Sign Language, Introduction and Practical Application (14:21)
Results Sought in The Study of Sign Language, Relations to Philology (28:42)
Results Sought in The Study of Sign Language, Sign Language with Reference to Grammar (25:05)
Results Sought in The Study of Sign Language, Gestures Aiding Archaeologic Research (40:13)
Notable Points for Further Researches, Introduction and Invention of New Signs (4:26)
Notable Points for Further Researches, Dangers of Symbolic Interpretation (7:19)
Notable Points for Further Researches, Signs Used by Women and Children (2:52)
Notable Points for Further Researches, Positive Signs Rendered Negative (1:50)
Notable Points for Further Researches, Details of Positions of Fingers (3:49)
Notable Points for Further Researches, Motions Relative to Parts of the Body (3:56)
Notable Points for Further Researches, Suggestions for Collecting Signs (4:45)
Mode in Which Researches Have Been Made (17:24)
List of Authorities and Collaborators (24:58)
Extracts from The Dictionary, Part 1 (36:31)
Extracts from The Dictionary, Part 2 (41:24)
Extracts from The Dictionary, Part 3 (42:08)
Extracts from The Dictionary, Part 4 (23:15)
Tribal Signs, Tribal Names (39:18)
Tribal Signs, Proper Names (5:41)
Tribal Signs, Phrases (18:07)
Dialogues, Tendoy-Huerito Dialogue (12:24)
Dialogues, Omaha Colloquy (1:00)
Dialogues, Brule Dakota Colloquy (6:51)
Dialogues, Dialogue Between Alaskan Indians (19:48)
Dialogues, Ojibwa Dialogue (2:14)
Narratives, Introduction (1:09)
Narratives, Natci's Narrative (17:45)
Narratives, Patricio's Narrative (13:43)
Narratives, Na-wa-gi-jig's Story (41:12)
Discourses, Address of Kin Che-ess (12:05)
Discourses, Tso-Di-a-ko's Report (9:07)
Discourses, Lean Wolf's Complaint (2:18)
Signals (1:34)
Signals Executed by Bodily Action (8:36)
Signals in Which Objects are Used in Connection with Personal Action (11:29)
Signals Made When The Person of The Signalist is Not Visible, Smoke Signals Generally (7:29)
Signals Made When The Person of The Signalist is Not Visible, Smoke Signals of The Apaches (3:15)
Signals Made When The Person of The Signalist is Not Visible, Foreign Smoke Signals (4:48)
Signals Made When The Person of The Signalist is Not Visible, Fire Arrows (3:48)
Signals Made When The Person of The Signalist is Not Visible, Dust Signals (1:43)
Signals Made When The Person of The Signalist is Not Visible, Notes on Cheyenne and Arapaho Signals (5:28)
Scheme of Illustrations (2:40)
Outlines for Arm Positions in Sign Language (2:47)
Types of Hand Positions in Sign Language (4:15)
Examples (3:14)