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52 of 74 (70%) sections completed

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SectionTitleReaderNotesListen UrlStatus
1 Introductory  StaceyM2022 3:47m Listen PL OK
2 Divisions of Gesture Speech  LuckyTrefle 10:00m Listen PL OK
3 The Origin of Sign Language, Introduction  StaceyM2022 6:12m Listen PL OK
4 The Origin of Sign Language, Gestures of the Lower Animals  DJRickyV 6:21m Listen PL OK
5 The Origin of Sign Language, Gestures of Young Children  DJRickyV 4:39m Listen PL OK
6 The Origin of Sign Language, Gestures in Mental Disorder  DJRickyV 1:59m Listen PL OK
7 The Origin of Sign Language, Uninstructed Deaf-Mutes  Inkell 3:12m Listen PL OK
8 The Origin of Sign Language, Gestures of the Blind  Inkell 1:52m Listen PL OK
9 The Origin of Sign Language, Loss of Speech by Isolation  Inkell 1:57m Listen PL OK
10 The Origin of Sign Language, Low Tribes of Man  Cbteddy 1:42m Listen PL OK
11 The Origin of Sign Language, Gestures as an Occasional Resource  Cbteddy 1:33m Listen PL OK
12 The Origin of Sign Language, Gestures of Fluent Talkers  Cbteddy 2:50m Listen PL OK
13 The Origin of Sign Language, Involuntary Response to Gestures  Cbteddy 1:04m Listen PL OK
14 The Origin of Sign Language, Natural Pantomime  Cbteddy 5:57m Listen PL OK
15 Some Theories Upon Primitive Language, Introduction  Cbteddy 6:44m Listen PL OK
16 Some Theories Upon Primitive Language, Conclusions  Cbteddy 3:41m Listen PL OK
17 History of Gesture Language  LuckyTrefle 25:30m Listen PL OK
18 Modern Use of Gesture Speech, Introduction  Cbteddy 2:13m Listen PL OK
19 Modern Use of Gesture Speech, Use By Other Peoples Than North American Indians  Cbteddy 38:23m Listen PL OK
20 Modern Use of Gesture Speech, Use By Modern Actors and Orators  Cbteddy 11:18m Listen PL OK
21 Our Indian Conditions Favorable to Sign Language  VOgalUS 7:51m Listen PL OK
22 Theories Entertained Respecting Indian Signs, Introduction  RedPandaPages 2:20m Listen PL OK
23 Theories Entertained Respecting Indian Signs, Not Correlated With Meagerness of Language  Cbteddy 6:21m Listen PL OK
24 Theories Entertained Respecting Indian Signs, It's Origins From One Tribe or Region  VOgalUS 13:07m Listen PL OK
25 Theories Entertained Respecting Indian Signs, Is The Indian System Special and Peculiar  Inkell 11:11m Listen PL OK
26 Theories Entertained Respecting Indian Signs, To What Extent Prevalent as a System Part 1  Cbteddy 21:51m Listen PL OK
27 Theories Entertained Respecting Indian Signs, To What Extent Prevalent as a System Part 2  Cbteddy 29:08m Listen PL OK
28 Theories Entertained Respecting Indian Signs, Are Signs Conventional or Instinctive, Introduction  bandai853 3:57m Listen PL OK
29 Theories Entertained Respecting Indian Signs, Are Signs Conventional or Instinctive, Classes of Diversities in Signs  bandai853 19:54m Listen PL OK
30 Results Sought in The Study of Sign Language, Introduction and Practical Application  DrSpoke 14:21m Listen PL OK
31 Results Sought in The Study of Sign Language, Relations to Philology  elsieselwyn 28:41m Listen PL OK
32 Results Sought in The Study of Sign Language, Sign Language with Reference to Grammar  elsieselwyn 25:05m Listen PL OK
33 Results Sought in The Study of Sign Language, Gestures Aiding Archaeologic Research  elsieselwyn 40:33m Listen PL OK
34 Notable Points for Further Researches, Introduction and Invention of New Signs  ccam 4:26m Listen PL OK
35 Notable Points for Further Researches, Dangers of Symbolic Interpretation  Cbteddy ~1139 Words 7:19m Listen PL OK
36 Notable Points for Further Researches, Signs Used by Women and Children  kevinHolm ~428 Words (Assigned 3/5/24) Assigned
37 Notable Points for Further Researches, Positive Signs Rendered Negative  LuckyTrefle 1:50m Listen PL OK
38 Notable Points for Further Researches, Details of Positions of Fingers  LuckyTrefle 3:49m Listen PL OK
39 Notable Points for Further Researches, Motions Relative to Parts of the Body  LuckyTrefle 3:56m Listen PL OK
40 Notable Points for Further Researches, Suggestions for Collecting Signs  LuckyTrefle 4:45m Listen PL OK
41 Mode in Which Researches Have Been Made  LuckyTrefle 17:23m Listen PL OK
42 List of Authorities and Collaborators  Cbteddy ~3459 Words (Assigned 4/25/24) Assigned
43 Extracts from The Dictionary, Part 1  Cbteddy ~6085 Words (Read up to, but not including, "Good") (Assigned 4/25/24) Assigned
44 Extracts from The Dictionary, Part 2   ~5267 Words (Read from "Good" up to, but not including, "Kill, Killing") Open
45 Extracts from The Dictionary, Part 3   ~5054 Words (Read from "Kill, Killing" up to, but not including, "Trade or Barter; Exchange") Open
46 Extracts from The Dictionary, Part 4   ~2770 Words (Read from "Trade or Barter; Exchange" to end of section) Open
47 Tribal Signs, Tribal Names   ~6321 Words (Read up to "Proper Names") Open
48 Tribal Signs, Proper Names   ~881 Words (Read up to "Phrases") Open
49 Tribal Signs, Phrases  Inkell 18:07m (Read up to "Dialogues") Listen PL OK
50 Dialogues, Tendoy-Huerito Dialogue   ~1372 Words Open
51 Dialogues, Omaha Colloquy  Inkell 0:59m Listen PL OK
52 Dialogues, Brule Dakota Colloquy   ~633 Words Open
53 Dialogues, Dialogue Between Alaskan Indians  Inkell 19:48m Listen PL OK
54 Dialogues, Ojibwa Dialogue  kevinHolm ~311 Words (Assigned 3/5/24) Assigned
55 Narratives, Introduction  kevinHolm ~105 Words (Assigned 3/5/24) Assigned
56 Narratives, Natci's Narrative   ~2404 Words Open
57 Narratives, Patricio's Narrative   ~1192 Words Open
58 Narratives, Na-wa-gi-jig's Story   ~5247 Words Open
59 Discourses, Address of Kin Che-ess   ~1485 Words Open
60 Discourses, Tso-Di-a-ko's Report   ~842 Words Open
61 Discourses, Lean Wolf's Complaint  kevinHolm ~271 Words (Assigned 3/5/24) Assigned
62 Signals  kevinHolm ~185 Words (Assigned 3/5/24) Assigned
63 Signals Executed by Bodily Action   ~884 Words Open
64 Signals in Which Objects are Used in Connection with Personal Action   ~2011 Words Open
65 Signals Made When The Person of The Signalist is Not Visible, Smoke Signals Generally  vmtem 7:29m Listen PL OK
66 Signals Made When The Person of The Signalist is Not Visible, Smoke Signals of The Apaches  vmtem 3:15m Listen PL OK
67 Signals Made When The Person of The Signalist is Not Visible, Foreign Smoke Signals  vmtem 4:48m Listen PL OK
68 Signals Made When The Person of The Signalist is Not Visible, Fire Arrows  LuckyTrefle 3:47m Listen PL OK
69 Signals Made When The Person of The Signalist is Not Visible, Dust Signals  LuckyTrefle 1:43m Listen PL OK
70 Signals Made When The Person of The Signalist is Not Visible, Notes on Cheyenne and Arapaho Signals  LuckyTrefle 5:28m Listen PL OK
71 Scheme of Illustrations  LuckyTrefle 2:39m Listen PL OK
72 Outlines for Arm Positions in Sign Language  LuckyTrefle 2:47m Listen PL OK
73 Types of Hand Positions in Sign Language  Inkell 4:15m Listen PL OK
74 Examples  kevinHolm ~363 Words (Assigned 3/5/24) Assigned