Sign Language

Sign Language Among North American Indians – Divisions of Gesture Speech

Sign Language Among North American Indians – Dialogue Between Alaskan Indians

The general report that there is but one sign language in North America, any deviation from which is either blunder, corruption, or a dialect in the nature of provincialism, may be examined in reference to some of the misconceived facts which gave it origin and credence. It may not appear to be necessary that such examination should be directed to any mode of collecting and comparing signs which would amount to their distortion. It is useful, however, to explain that distortion would result from following the views of a recent essayist, who takes the ground that the description of signs … Read more

Sign Language Among North American Indians – Danger of Symbolic Interpretation

Sign Language Among North American Indians – Classes of Diversities in Signs

Sign Language Among North American Indians – Comparison With Deaf-Mute Signs

Sign Language Among North American Indians – Abbreviations