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

Garrick Mallery (1831 - 1894)

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

Genre(s): Language learning

Language: English

Keyword(s): Native American (34), sign language (2), hearing impaired (2), speech impaired (1)

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	Introductory	Stacey Malcolm	00:03:47
Play 02	Divisions of Gesture Speech	Lauren Fontaine	00:10:00
Play 03	The Origin of Sign Language, Introduction	Stacey Malcolm	00:06:12
Play 04	The Origin of Sign Language, Gestures of the Lower Animals	DJRickyV	00:06:21
Play 05	The Origin of Sign Language, Gestures of Young Children	DJRickyV	00:04:39
Play 06	The Origin of Sign Language, Gestures in Mental Disorder	DJRickyV	00:01:59
Play 07	The Origin of Sign Language, Uninstructed Deaf-Mutes	Inkell	00:03:12
Play 08	The Origin of Sign Language, Gestures of the Blind	Inkell	00:01:53
Play 09	The Origin of Sign Language, Loss of Speech by Isolation	Inkell	00:01:57
Play 10	The Origin of Sign Language, Low Tribes of Man	Cbteddy	00:01:42
Play 11	The Origin of Sign Language, Gestures as an Occasional Resource	Cbteddy	00:01:33
Play 12	The Origin of Sign Language, Gestures of Fluent Talkers	Cbteddy	00:02:50
Play 13	The Origin of Sign Language, Involuntary Response to Gestures	Cbteddy	00:01:05
Play 14	The Origin of Sign Language, Natural Pantomime	Cbteddy	00:05:57
Play 15	Some Theories Upon Primitive Language, Introduction	Cbteddy	00:06:44
Play 16	Some Theories Upon Primitive Language, Conclusions	Cbteddy	00:03:42
Play 17	History of Gesture Language	Lauren Fontaine	00:25:31
Play 18	Modern Use of Gesture Speech, Introduction	Cbteddy	00:02:13
Play 19	Modern Use of Gesture Speech, Use By Other Peoples Than North American Indians	Cbteddy	00:38:24
Play 20	Modern Use of Gesture Speech, Use By Modern Actors and Orators	Cbteddy	00:11:19
Play 21	Our Indian Conditions Favorable to Sign Language	VO Gal	00:07:49
Play 22	Theories Entertained Respecting Indian Signs, Introduction	Cassandra A.M.	00:02:21
Play 23	Theories Entertained Respecting Indian Signs, Not Correlated With Meagerness of Language	Cbteddy	00:06:22
Play 24	Theories Entertained Respecting Indian Signs, It's Origins From One Tribe or Region	VO Gal	00:13:01
Play 25	Theories Entertained Respecting Indian Signs, Is The Indian System Special and Peculiar	Inkell	00:11:12
Play 26	Theories Entertained Respecting Indian Signs, To What Extent Prevalent as a System Part 1	Cbteddy	00:21:51
Play 27	Theories Entertained Respecting Indian Signs, To What Extent Prevalent as a System Part 2	Cbteddy	00:29:08
Play 28	Theories Entertained Respecting Indian Signs, Are Signs Conventional or Instinctive, Introduction	bandai853	00:03:53
Play 29	Theories Entertained Respecting Indian Signs, Are Signs Conventional or Instinctive, Classes of Diversities in Signs	bandai853	00:19:50
Play 30	Results Sought in The Study of Sign Language, Introduction and Practical Application	Claudia Caldi	00:14:21
Play 31	Results Sought in The Study of Sign Language, Relations to Philology	Elsie Selwyn	00:28:42
Play 32	Results Sought in The Study of Sign Language, Sign Language with Reference to Grammar	Elsie Selwyn	00:25:05
Play 33	Results Sought in The Study of Sign Language, Gestures Aiding Archaeologic Research	Elsie Selwyn	00:40:13
Play 34	Notable Points for Further Researches, Introduction and Invention of New Signs	CCam	00:04:26
Play 35	Notable Points for Further Researches, Dangers of Symbolic Interpretation	Cbteddy	00:07:19
Play 36	Notable Points for Further Researches, Signs Used by Women and Children	Cbteddy	00:02:52
Play 37	Notable Points for Further Researches, Positive Signs Rendered Negative	Lauren Fontaine	00:01:50
Play 38	Notable Points for Further Researches, Details of Positions of Fingers	Lauren Fontaine	00:03:49
Play 39	Notable Points for Further Researches, Motions Relative to Parts of the Body	Lauren Fontaine	00:03:56
Play 40	Notable Points for Further Researches, Suggestions for Collecting Signs	Lauren Fontaine	00:04:45
Play 41	Mode in Which Researches Have Been Made	Lauren Fontaine	00:17:24
Play 42	List of Authorities and Collaborators	Cbteddy	00:24:58
Play 43	Extracts from The Dictionary, Part 1	Cbteddy	00:36:31
Play 44	Extracts from The Dictionary, Part 2	Lauren Fontaine	00:41:24
Play 45	Extracts from The Dictionary, Part 3	Lauren Fontaine	00:42:08
Play 46	Extracts from The Dictionary, Part 4	Lauren Fontaine	00:23:15
Play 47	Tribal Signs, Tribal Names	Cbteddy	00:39:18
Play 48	Tribal Signs, Proper Names	Cbteddy	00:05:41
Play 49	Tribal Signs, Phrases	Inkell	00:18:07
Play 50	Dialogues, Tendoy-Huerito Dialogue	David Cole	00:12:24
Play 51	Dialogues, Omaha Colloquy	Inkell	00:01:00
Play 52	Dialogues, Brule Dakota Colloquy	David Cole	00:06:51
Play 53	Dialogues, Dialogue Between Alaskan Indians	Inkell	00:19:48
Play 54	Dialogues, Ojibwa Dialogue	Cbteddy	00:02:14
Play 55	Narratives, Introduction	Cbteddy	00:01:09
Play 56	Narratives, Natci's Narrative	SwetaB	00:17:45
Play 57	Narratives, Patricio's Narrative	David Cole	00:13:43
Play 58	Narratives, Na-wa-gi-jig's Story	Cbteddy	00:41:12
Play 59	Discourses, Address of Kin Che-ess	David Cole	00:12:05
Play 60	Discourses, Tso-Di-a-ko's Report	David Cole	00:09:07
Play 61	Discourses, Lean Wolf's Complaint	Cbteddy	00:02:18
Play 62	Signals	Cbteddy	00:01:34
Play 63	Signals Executed by Bodily Action	David Cole	00:08:36
Play 64	Signals in Which Objects are Used in Connection with Personal Action	Cbteddy	00:11:29
Play 65	Signals Made When The Person of The Signalist is Not Visible, Smoke Signals Generally	Victoria Temple	00:07:29
Play 66	Signals Made When The Person of The Signalist is Not Visible, Smoke Signals of The Apaches	Victoria Temple	00:03:15
Play 67	Signals Made When The Person of The Signalist is Not Visible, Foreign Smoke Signals	Victoria Temple	00:04:48
Play 68	Signals Made When The Person of The Signalist is Not Visible, Fire Arrows	Lauren Fontaine	00:03:48
Play 69	Signals Made When The Person of The Signalist is Not Visible, Dust Signals	Lauren Fontaine	00:01:43
Play 70	Signals Made When The Person of The Signalist is Not Visible, Notes on Cheyenne and Arapaho Signals	Lauren Fontaine	00:05:28
Play 71	Scheme of Illustrations	Lauren Fontaine	00:02:40
Play 72	Outlines for Arm Positions in Sign Language	Lauren Fontaine	00:02:47
Play 73	Types of Hand Positions in Sign Language	Inkell	00:04:15
Play 74	Examples	Cbteddy	00:03:14

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