Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Among Other Peopl…


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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 (14 hr 3 min)

Chapters

Introductory 3:47 Read by Stacey Malcolm
Divisions of Gesture Speech 10:00 Read by Lauren Fontaine
The Origin of Sign Language, Introduction 6:12 Read by Stacey Malcolm
The Origin of Sign Language, Gestures of the Lower Animals 6:21 Read by DJRickyV
The Origin of Sign Language, Gestures of Young Children 4:39 Read by DJRickyV
The Origin of Sign Language, Gestures in Mental Disorder 1:59 Read by DJRickyV
The Origin of Sign Language, Uninstructed Deaf-Mutes 3:12 Read by Inkell
The Origin of Sign Language, Gestures of the Blind 1:53 Read by Inkell
The Origin of Sign Language, Loss of Speech by Isolation 1:57 Read by Inkell
The Origin of Sign Language, Low Tribes of Man 1:42 Read by Cbteddy
The Origin of Sign Language, Gestures as an Occasional Resource 1:33 Read by Cbteddy
The Origin of Sign Language, Gestures of Fluent Talkers 2:50 Read by Cbteddy
The Origin of Sign Language, Involuntary Response to Gestures 1:05 Read by Cbteddy
The Origin of Sign Language, Natural Pantomime 5:57 Read by Cbteddy
Some Theories Upon Primitive Language, Introduction 6:44 Read by Cbteddy
Some Theories Upon Primitive Language, Conclusions 3:42 Read by Cbteddy
History of Gesture Language 25:31 Read by Lauren Fontaine
Modern Use of Gesture Speech, Introduction 2:13 Read by Cbteddy
Modern Use of Gesture Speech, Use By Other Peoples Than North American Indians 38:24 Read by Cbteddy
Modern Use of Gesture Speech, Use By Modern Actors and Orators 11:19 Read by Cbteddy
Our Indian Conditions Favorable to Sign Language 7:49 Read by VO Gal
Theories Entertained Respecting Indian Signs, Introduction 2:21 Read by Cassandra A.M.
Theories Entertained Respecting Indian Signs, Not Correlated With Meagerness of… 6:22 Read by Cbteddy
Theories Entertained Respecting Indian Signs, It's Origins From One Tribe or Re… 13:01 Read by VO Gal
Theories Entertained Respecting Indian Signs, Is The Indian System Special and … 11:12 Read by Inkell
Theories Entertained Respecting Indian Signs, To What Extent Prevalent as a Sys… 21:51 Read by Cbteddy
Theories Entertained Respecting Indian Signs, To What Extent Prevalent as a Sys… 29:08 Read by Cbteddy
Theories Entertained Respecting Indian Signs, Are Signs Conventional or Instinc… 3:53 Read by bandai853
Theories Entertained Respecting Indian Signs, Are Signs Conventional or Instinc… 19:50 Read by bandai853
Results Sought in The Study of Sign Language, Introduction and Practical Applic… 14:21 Read by Claudia Caldi
Results Sought in The Study of Sign Language, Relations to Philology 28:42 Read by Elsie Selwyn
Results Sought in The Study of Sign Language, Sign Language with Reference to G… 25:05 Read by Elsie Selwyn
Results Sought in The Study of Sign Language, Gestures Aiding Archaeologic Rese… 40:13 Read by Elsie Selwyn
Notable Points for Further Researches, Introduction and Invention of New Signs 4:26 Read by CCam
Notable Points for Further Researches, Dangers of Symbolic Interpretation 7:19 Read by Cbteddy
Notable Points for Further Researches, Signs Used by Women and Children 2:52 Read by Cbteddy
Notable Points for Further Researches, Positive Signs Rendered Negative 1:50 Read by Lauren Fontaine
Notable Points for Further Researches, Details of Positions of Fingers 3:49 Read by Lauren Fontaine
Notable Points for Further Researches, Motions Relative to Parts of the Body 3:56 Read by Lauren Fontaine
Notable Points for Further Researches, Suggestions for Collecting Signs 4:45 Read by Lauren Fontaine
Mode in Which Researches Have Been Made 17:24 Read by Lauren Fontaine
List of Authorities and Collaborators 24:58 Read by Cbteddy
Extracts from The Dictionary, Part 1 36:31 Read by Cbteddy
Extracts from The Dictionary, Part 2 41:24 Read by Lauren Fontaine
Extracts from The Dictionary, Part 3 42:08 Read by Lauren Fontaine
Extracts from The Dictionary, Part 4 23:15 Read by Lauren Fontaine
Tribal Signs, Tribal Names 39:18 Read by Cbteddy
Tribal Signs, Proper Names 5:41 Read by Cbteddy
Tribal Signs, Phrases 18:07 Read by Inkell
Dialogues, Tendoy-Huerito Dialogue 12:24 Read by David Cole
Dialogues, Omaha Colloquy 1:00 Read by Inkell
Dialogues, Brule Dakota Colloquy 6:51 Read by David Cole
Dialogues, Dialogue Between Alaskan Indians 19:48 Read by Inkell
Dialogues, Ojibwa Dialogue 2:14 Read by Cbteddy
Narratives, Introduction 1:09 Read by Cbteddy
Narratives, Natci's Narrative 17:45 Read by SwetaB
Narratives, Patricio's Narrative 13:43 Read by David Cole
Narratives, Na-wa-gi-jig's Story 41:12 Read by Cbteddy
Discourses, Address of Kin Che-ess 12:05 Read by David Cole
Discourses, Tso-Di-a-ko's Report 9:07 Read by David Cole
Discourses, Lean Wolf's Complaint 2:18 Read by Cbteddy
Signals 1:34 Read by Cbteddy
Signals Executed by Bodily Action 8:36 Read by David Cole
Signals in Which Objects are Used in Connection with Personal Action 11:29 Read by Cbteddy
Signals Made When The Person of The Signalist is Not Visible, Smoke Signals Gen… 7:29 Read by Victoria Temple
Signals Made When The Person of The Signalist is Not Visible, Smoke Signals of … 3:15 Read by Victoria Temple
Signals Made When The Person of The Signalist is Not Visible, Foreign Smoke Sig… 4:48 Read by Victoria Temple
Signals Made When The Person of The Signalist is Not Visible, Fire Arrows 3:48 Read by Lauren Fontaine
Signals Made When The Person of The Signalist is Not Visible, Dust Signals 1:43 Read by Lauren Fontaine
Signals Made When The Person of The Signalist is Not Visible, Notes on Cheyenne… 5:28 Read by Lauren Fontaine
Scheme of Illustrations 2:40 Read by Lauren Fontaine
Outlines for Arm Positions in Sign Language 2:47 Read by Lauren Fontaine
Types of Hand Positions in Sign Language 4:15 Read by Inkell
Examples 3:14 Read by Cbteddy