Sign Language Among North American Indians Mallery GarrickPaperback
Sign Language Among North American Indians Mallery GarrickPaperback Used throughout the world since earliest times as a common means of communication, sign language was particularly well developed…
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Sign Language Among North American Indians Mallery GarrickPaperback
Used throughout the world since earliest times as a common means of communication, sign language was particularly well developed among the Plains Indians of North America. The author was a retired U.S. The present study, a significant document in the history of American anthropology, was originally published in 1881 as part of the first annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology.
His exceptional knowledge of the subject produced a classic body of research data, still cited by anthropologists.The book begins with theories and observations about the genesis and universality of sign language, as well as its use by animals, children, and uninstructed deaf-mutes. Army officer and bureau employee who was perhaps the foremost expert at that time on American Indian sign language. Following an account of his research and methodology and suggestion for further research, the author
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