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

by Garrick Mallery

74 chapters14h 3mEnglish1879

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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 (74)

1Introductory

227

2Divisions of Gesture Speech

600

3The Origin of Sign Language, Introduction

372

4The Origin of Sign Language, Gestures of the Lower Animals

381

5The Origin of Sign Language, Gestures of Young Children

279

6The Origin of Sign Language, Gestures in Mental Disorder

119

7The Origin of Sign Language, Uninstructed Deaf-Mutes

192

8The Origin of Sign Language, Gestures of the Blind

113

9The Origin of Sign Language, Loss of Speech by Isolation

117

10The Origin of Sign Language, Low Tribes of Man

102

11The Origin of Sign Language, Gestures as an Occasional Resource

12The Origin of Sign Language, Gestures of Fluent Talkers

170

13The Origin of Sign Language, Involuntary Response to Gestures

14The Origin of Sign Language, Natural Pantomime

357

15Some Theories Upon Primitive Language, Introduction

404

16Some Theories Upon Primitive Language, Conclusions

222

17History of Gesture Language

1531

18Modern Use of Gesture Speech, Introduction

133

19Modern Use of Gesture Speech, Use By Other Peoples Than North American Indians

2304

20Modern Use of Gesture Speech, Use By Modern Actors and Orators

679

21Our Indian Conditions Favorable to Sign Language

469

22Theories Entertained Respecting Indian Signs, Introduction

141

23Theories Entertained Respecting Indian Signs, Not Correlated With Meagerness of Language

382

24Theories Entertained Respecting Indian Signs, It's Origins From One Tribe or Region

781

25Theories Entertained Respecting Indian Signs, Is The Indian System Special and Peculiar

672

26Theories Entertained Respecting Indian Signs, To What Extent Prevalent as a System Part 1

1311

27Theories Entertained Respecting Indian Signs, To What Extent Prevalent as a System Part 2

1748

28Theories Entertained Respecting Indian Signs, Are Signs Conventional or Instinctive, Introduction

233

29Theories Entertained Respecting Indian Signs, Are Signs Conventional or Instinctive, Classes of Diversities in Signs

1190

30Results Sought in The Study of Sign Language, Introduction and Practical Application

861

31Results Sought in The Study of Sign Language, Relations to Philology

1722

32Results Sought in The Study of Sign Language, Sign Language with Reference to Grammar

1505

33Results Sought in The Study of Sign Language, Gestures Aiding Archaeologic Research

2413

34Notable Points for Further Researches, Introduction and Invention of New Signs

266

35Notable Points for Further Researches, Dangers of Symbolic Interpretation

439

36Notable Points for Further Researches, Signs Used by Women and Children

172

37Notable Points for Further Researches, Positive Signs Rendered Negative

110

38Notable Points for Further Researches, Details of Positions of Fingers

229

39Notable Points for Further Researches, Motions Relative to Parts of the Body

236

40Notable Points for Further Researches, Suggestions for Collecting Signs

285

41Mode in Which Researches Have Been Made

1044

42List of Authorities and Collaborators

1498

43Extracts from The Dictionary, Part 1

2191

44Extracts from The Dictionary, Part 2

2484

45Extracts from The Dictionary, Part 3

2528

46Extracts from The Dictionary, Part 4

1395

47Tribal Signs, Tribal Names

2358

48Tribal Signs, Proper Names

341

49Tribal Signs, Phrases

1087

50Dialogues, Tendoy-Huerito Dialogue

744

51Dialogues, Omaha Colloquy

52Dialogues, Brule Dakota Colloquy

411

53Dialogues, Dialogue Between Alaskan Indians

1188

54Dialogues, Ojibwa Dialogue

134

55Narratives, Introduction

56Narratives, Natci's Narrative

1065

57Narratives, Patricio's Narrative

823

58Narratives, Na-wa-gi-jig's Story

2472

59Discourses, Address of Kin Che-ess

725

60Discourses, Tso-Di-a-ko's Report

547

61Discourses, Lean Wolf's Complaint

138

62Signals

63Signals Executed by Bodily Action

516

64Signals in Which Objects are Used in Connection with Personal Action

689

65Signals Made When The Person of The Signalist is Not Visible, Smoke Signals Generally

449

66Signals Made When The Person of The Signalist is Not Visible, Smoke Signals of The Apaches

195

67Signals Made When The Person of The Signalist is Not Visible, Foreign Smoke Signals

288

68Signals Made When The Person of The Signalist is Not Visible, Fire Arrows

228

69Signals Made When The Person of The Signalist is Not Visible, Dust Signals

103

70Signals Made When The Person of The Signalist is Not Visible, Notes on Cheyenne and Arapaho Signals

328

71Scheme of Illustrations

160

72Outlines for Arm Positions in Sign Language

167

73Types of Hand Positions in Sign Language

255

74Examples

194

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

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