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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION—BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY.
J.W. POWELL, DIRECTOR.
SIGN LANGUAGE
AMONG
NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS
COMPARED WITH THAT AMONG OTHER PEOPLES AND DEAF-MUTES.
BY
GARRICK MALLERY.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
SIGN LANGUAGE
AMONG
NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS
COMPARED WITH THAT AMONG OTHER PEOPLES AND DEAF-MUTES.
INTRODUCTORY.
DIVISIONS OF GESTURE SPEECH.
THE ORIGIN OF SIGN LANGUAGE.
GESTURES OF THE LOWER ANIMALS.
GESTURES OF YOUNG CHILDREN.
GESTURES IN MENTAL DISORDER.
UNINSTRUCTED DEAF-MUTES.
GESTURES OF THE BLIND.
LOSS OF SPEECH BY ISOLATION.
LOW TRIBES OF MAN.
GESTURES AS AN OCCASIONAL RESOURCE.
GESTURES OF FLUENT TALKERS.
INVOLUNTARY RESPONSE TO GESTURES.
NATURAL PANTOMIME.
SOME THEORIES UPON PRIMITIVE LANGUAGE.
CONCLUSIONS.
HISTORY OF GESTURE LANGUAGE.
MODERN USE OF GESTURE SPEECH.
USE BY OTHER PEOPLES THAN NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS.
NEAPOLITAN SIGNS.
USE BY MODERN ACTORS AND ORATORS.
GESTURES OF ACTORS.
GESTURES OF OUR PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
OUR INDIAN CONDITIONS FAVORABLE TO SIGN LANGUAGE.
THEORIES ENTERTAINED RESPECTING INDIAN SIGNS.
NOT CORRELATED WITH MEAGERNESS OF LANGUAGE.
ITS ORIGIN FROM ONE TRIBE OR REGION.
IS THE INDIAN SYSTEM SPECIAL AND PECULIAR?
COMPARISONS WITH FOREIGN SIGNS.
COMPARISON WITH DEAF-MUTE SIGNS.
TO WHAT EXTENT PREVALENT AS A SYSTEM.
ONCE PROBABLY UNIVERSAL IN NORTH AMERICA.
MISTAKEN DENIAL THAT SIGN LANGUAGE EXISTS.
PERMANENCE OF SIGNS.
SURVIVAL IN GESTURE.
DISTINCTION BETWEEN IDENTITY OF SIGNS AND THEIR USE AS AN ART.
FORCED AND MISTAKEN SIGNS.
ABBREVIATIONS.
ARE SIGNS CONVENTIONAL OR INSTINCTIVE?
CLASSES OF DIVERSITIES IN SIGNS.
SYNONYMS.
SYMMORPHS.
RESULTS SOUGHT IN THE STUDY OF SIGN LANGUAGE.
PRACTICAL APPLICATION.
POWERS OF SIGNS COMPARED WITH SPEECH.
RELATIONS TO PHILOLOGY.
ETYMOLOGY OF WORDS FROM GESTURES.
GESTURES CONNECTED WITH THE ORIGIN OF WRITING.
SIGN LANGUAGE WITH REFERENCE TO GRAMMAR.
SYNTAX.
DEGREES OF COMPARISON.
OPPOSITION.
PROPER NAMES.
GENDER.
TENSE.
CONJUNCTIONS.
PREPOSITIONS.
PUNCTUATION.
GESTURES AIDING ARCHÆOLOGIC RESEARCH.
SIGNS CONNECTED WITH PICTOGRAPHS.
SIGNS CONNECTED WITH ETHNOLOGIC FACTS.
NOTABLE POINTS FOR FURTHER RESEARCHES.
INVENTION OF NEW SIGNS.
DANGER OF SYMBOLIC INTERPRETATION.
SIGNS USED BY WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
POSITIVE SIGNS RENDERED NEGATIVE.
DETAILS OF POSITIONS OF FINGERS.
MOTIONS RELATIVE TO PARTS OF THE BODY.
SUGGESTIONS FOR COLLECTING SIGNS.
MODE IN WHICH RESEARCHES HAVE BEEN MADE.
LIST OF AUTHORITIES AND COLLABORATORS.
ALGONKIAN.
DAKOTAN.
IROQUOIAN.
KAIOWAN.
KUTINEAN.
PANIAN.
PIMAN.
SAHAPTIAN.
SHOSHONIAN.
TINNEAN.
WICHITAN.
ZUÑIAN.
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE.
EXTRACTS FROM DICTIONARY.
TRIBAL SIGNS.
PROPER NAMES.
PHRASES.
ANALYSIS.
ANALYSIS.
DIALOGUES.
TENDOY-HUERITO DIALOGUE.
OMAHA COLLOQUY.
BRULÉ DAKOTA COLLOQUY.
ANALYSIS.
ANALYSIS.
DIALOGUE BETWEEN ALASKAN INDIANS.
OJIBWA DIALOGUE.
[Communicated by the Very Rev. Edward Jacker.]
NARRATIVES.
NÁTCI'S NARRATIVE.
PATRICIO'S NARRATIVE.
CONTINUOUS TRANSLATION OF THE ABOVE.
NA-WA-GI-JIG'S STORY.
DISCOURSES.
ADDRESS OF KIN CHĒ-ĔSS.
TSO-DI-A'-KO'S REPORT.
ANALYSIS OF THE FOREGOING.
LEAN WOLF'S COMPLAINT
SIGNALS.
SIGNALS EXECUTED BY BODILY ACTION.
SIGNALS IN WHICH OBJECTS ARE USED IN CONNECTION WITH PERSONAL ACTION.
SIGNALS MADE WHEN THE PERSON OF THE SIGNALIST IS NOT VISIBLE.
SMOKE SIGNALS GENERALLY.
SMOKE SIGNALS OF THE APACHES.
FOREIGN SMOKE SIGNALS.
FIRE ARROWS.
DUST SIGNALS.
NOTES ON CHEYENNE AND ARAPAHO SIGNALS.
SCHEME OF ILLUSTRATION.
OUTLINES FOR ARM POSITIONS IN SIGN LANGUAGE.
ORDER OF ARRANGEMENT.
TYPES OF HAND POSITIONS IN SIGN LANGUAGE.
NOTE CONCERNING THE FOREGOING TYPES.
EXAMPLES.
EXPLANATION OF MARKS.
INDEX.
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