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

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

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    Language learning
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    English
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A comparative study of sign language among Native American peoples as it relates to other peoples of the 19 century world. - Summary by afutterer

Chapters

  • 01
    Introductory
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  • 02
    Divisions of Gesture Speech
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  • 03
    The Origin of Sign Language, Introduction
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  • 04
    The Origin of Sign Language, Gestures of the Lower Animals
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  • 05
    The Origin of Sign Language, Gestures of Young Children
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  • 06
    The Origin of Sign Language, Gestures in Mental Disorder
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  • 07
    The Origin of Sign Language, Uninstructed Deaf-Mutes
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  • 08
    The Origin of Sign Language, Gestures of the Blind
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  • 09
    The Origin of Sign Language, Loss of Speech by Isolation
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  • 10
    The Origin of Sign Language, Low Tribes of Man
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  • 11
    The Origin of Sign Language, Gestures as an Occasional Resource
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  • 12
    The Origin of Sign Language, Gestures of Fluent Talkers
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  • 13
    The Origin of Sign Language, Involuntary Response to Gestures
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  • 14
    The Origin of Sign Language, Natural Pantomime
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  • 15
    Some Theories Upon Primitive Language, Introduction
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  • 16
    Some Theories Upon Primitive Language, Conclusions
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  • 17
    History of Gesture Language
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  • 18
    Modern Use of Gesture Speech, Introduction
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  • 19
    Modern Use of Gesture Speech, Use By Other Peoples Than North American Indians
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  • 20
    Modern Use of Gesture Speech, Use By Modern Actors and Orators
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  • 21
    Our Indian Conditions Favorable to Sign Language
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  • 22
    Theories Entertained Respecting Indian Signs, Introduction
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  • 23
    Theories Entertained Respecting Indian Signs, Not Correlated With Meagerness of Language
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  • 24
    Theories Entertained Respecting Indian Signs, It's Origins From One Tribe or Region
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  • 25
    Theories Entertained Respecting Indian Signs, Is The Indian System Special and Peculiar
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  • 26
    Theories Entertained Respecting Indian Signs, To What Extent Prevalent as a System Part 1
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  • 27
    Theories Entertained Respecting Indian Signs, To What Extent Prevalent as a System Part 2
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  • 28
    Theories Entertained Respecting Indian Signs, Are Signs Conventional or Instinctive, Introduction
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  • 29
    Theories Entertained Respecting Indian Signs, Are Signs Conventional or Instinctive, Classes of Diversities in Signs
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  • 30
    Results Sought in The Study of Sign Language, Introduction and Practical Application
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  • 31
    Results Sought in The Study of Sign Language, Relations to Philology
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  • 32
    Results Sought in The Study of Sign Language, Sign Language with Reference to Grammar
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    Results Sought in The Study of Sign Language, Gestures Aiding Archaeologic Research
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  • 34
    Notable Points for Further Researches, Introduction and Invention of New Signs
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    Notable Points for Further Researches, Dangers of Symbolic Interpretation
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    Notable Points for Further Researches, Signs Used by Women and Children
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    Notable Points for Further Researches, Positive Signs Rendered Negative
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    Notable Points for Further Researches, Details of Positions of Fingers
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    Notable Points for Further Researches, Motions Relative to Parts of the Body
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    Notable Points for Further Researches, Suggestions for Collecting Signs
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    Mode in Which Researches Have Been Made
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  • 42
    List of Authorities and Collaborators
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    Extracts from The Dictionary, Part 1
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    Extracts from The Dictionary, Part 2
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    Extracts from The Dictionary, Part 3
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    Extracts from The Dictionary, Part 4
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    Tribal Signs, Tribal Names
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  • 48
    Tribal Signs, Proper Names
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  • 49
    Tribal Signs, Phrases
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  • 50
    Dialogues, Tendoy-Huerito Dialogue
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    Dialogues, Omaha Colloquy
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    Dialogues, Brule Dakota Colloquy
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  • 53
    Dialogues, Dialogue Between Alaskan Indians
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    Dialogues, Ojibwa Dialogue
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  • 55
    Narratives, Introduction
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  • 56
    Narratives, Natci's Narrative
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    Narratives, Patricio's Narrative
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    Narratives, Na-wa-gi-jig's Story
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  • 59
    Discourses, Address of Kin Che-ess
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  • 60
    Discourses, Tso-Di-a-ko's Report
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  • 61
    Discourses, Lean Wolf's Complaint
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  • 62
    Signals
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    Signals Executed by Bodily Action
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    Signals in Which Objects are Used in Connection with Personal Action
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    Signals Made When The Person of The Signalist is Not Visible, Smoke Signals Generally
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    Signals Made When The Person of The Signalist is Not Visible, Smoke Signals of The Apaches
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    Signals Made When The Person of The Signalist is Not Visible, Foreign Smoke Signals
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    Signals Made When The Person of The Signalist is Not Visible, Fire Arrows
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    Signals Made When The Person of The Signalist is Not Visible, Dust Signals
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    Signals Made When The Person of The Signalist is Not Visible, Notes on Cheyenne and Arapaho Signals
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  • 71
    Scheme of Illustrations
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    Outlines for Arm Positions in Sign Language
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  • 73
    Types of Hand Positions in Sign Language
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    Examples
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