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

Garrick Mallery

74 chapters · 14 h 3 min · English

Read by Stacey Malcolm, Lauren Fontaine, DJRickyV, Inkell, Cbteddy, VO Gal and others

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Chapters

1. 1Introductory4 min
2. 2Divisions of Gesture Speech10 min
3. 3The Origin of Sign Language, Introduction6 min
4. 4The Origin of Sign Language, Gestures of the Lower Animals6 min
5. 5The Origin of Sign Language, Gestures of Young Children5 min
6. 6The Origin of Sign Language, Gestures in Mental Disorder2 min
7. 7The Origin of Sign Language, Uninstructed Deaf-Mutes3 min
8. 8The Origin of Sign Language, Gestures of the Blind2 min
9. 9The Origin of Sign Language, Loss of Speech by Isolation2 min
10. 10The Origin of Sign Language, Low Tribes of Man2 min
11. 11The Origin of Sign Language, Gestures as an Occasional Resource2 min
12. 12The Origin of Sign Language, Gestures of Fluent Talkers3 min
13. 13The Origin of Sign Language, Involuntary Response to Gestures1 min
14. 14The Origin of Sign Language, Natural Pantomime6 min
15. 15Some Theories Upon Primitive Language, Introduction7 min
16. 16Some Theories Upon Primitive Language, Conclusions4 min
17. 17History of Gesture Language26 min
18. 18Modern Use of Gesture Speech, Introduction2 min
19. 19Modern Use of Gesture Speech, Use By Other Peoples Than North American Indians38 min
20. 20Modern Use of Gesture Speech, Use By Modern Actors and Orators11 min
21. 21Our Indian Conditions Favorable to Sign Language8 min
22. 22Theories Entertained Respecting Indian Signs, Introduction2 min
23. 23Theories Entertained Respecting Indian Signs, Not Correlated With Meagerness of Language6 min
24. 24Theories Entertained Respecting Indian Signs, It's Origins From One Tribe or Region13 min
25. 25Theories Entertained Respecting Indian Signs, Is The Indian System Special and Peculiar11 min
26. 26Theories Entertained Respecting Indian Signs, To What Extent Prevalent as a System Part 122 min
27. 27Theories Entertained Respecting Indian Signs, To What Extent Prevalent as a System Part 229 min
28. 28Theories Entertained Respecting Indian Signs, Are Signs Conventional or Instinctive, Introduction4 min
29. 29Theories Entertained Respecting Indian Signs, Are Signs Conventional or Instinctive, Classes of Diversities in Signs20 min
30. 30Results Sought in The Study of Sign Language, Introduction and Practical Application14 min
31. 31Results Sought in The Study of Sign Language, Relations to Philology29 min
32. 32Results Sought in The Study of Sign Language, Sign Language with Reference to Grammar25 min
33. 33Results Sought in The Study of Sign Language, Gestures Aiding Archaeologic Research40 min
34. 34Notable Points for Further Researches, Introduction and Invention of New Signs4 min
35. 35Notable Points for Further Researches, Dangers of Symbolic Interpretation7 min
36. 36Notable Points for Further Researches, Signs Used by Women and Children3 min
37. 37Notable Points for Further Researches, Positive Signs Rendered Negative2 min
38. 38Notable Points for Further Researches, Details of Positions of Fingers4 min
39. 39Notable Points for Further Researches, Motions Relative to Parts of the Body4 min
40. 40Notable Points for Further Researches, Suggestions for Collecting Signs5 min
41. 41Mode in Which Researches Have Been Made17 min
42. 42List of Authorities and Collaborators25 min
43. 43Extracts from The Dictionary, Part 137 min
44. 44Extracts from The Dictionary, Part 241 min
45. 45Extracts from The Dictionary, Part 342 min
46. 46Extracts from The Dictionary, Part 423 min
47. 47Tribal Signs, Tribal Names39 min
48. 48Tribal Signs, Proper Names6 min
49. 49Tribal Signs, Phrases18 min
50. 50Dialogues, Tendoy-Huerito Dialogue12 min
51. 51Dialogues, Omaha Colloquy1 min
52. 52Dialogues, Brule Dakota Colloquy7 min
53. 53Dialogues, Dialogue Between Alaskan Indians20 min
54. 54Dialogues, Ojibwa Dialogue2 min
55. 55Narratives, Introduction1 min
56. 56Narratives, Natci's Narrative18 min
57. 57Narratives, Patricio's Narrative14 min
58. 58Narratives, Na-wa-gi-jig's Story41 min
59. 59Discourses, Address of Kin Che-ess12 min
60. 60Discourses, Tso-Di-a-ko's Report9 min
61. 61Discourses, Lean Wolf's Complaint2 min
62. 62Signals2 min
63. 63Signals Executed by Bodily Action9 min
64. 64Signals in Which Objects are Used in Connection with Personal Action11 min
65. 65Signals Made When The Person of The Signalist is Not Visible, Smoke Signals Generally7 min
66. 66Signals Made When The Person of The Signalist is Not Visible, Smoke Signals of The Apaches3 min
67. 67Signals Made When The Person of The Signalist is Not Visible, Foreign Smoke Signals5 min
68. 68Signals Made When The Person of The Signalist is Not Visible, Fire Arrows4 min
69. 69Signals Made When The Person of The Signalist is Not Visible, Dust Signals2 min
70. 70Signals Made When The Person of The Signalist is Not Visible, Notes on Cheyenne and Arapaho Signals5 min
71. 71Scheme of Illustrations3 min
72. 72Outlines for Arm Positions in Sign Language3 min
73. 73Types of Hand Positions in Sign Language4 min
74. 74Examples3 min