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


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