Ainsworth Books: Native Studies::Linguistics
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Aboriginal Sign Languages of the Americas and Australia, Volume 1 Only North America
New York: Plenum Press, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0306310732. DJ and boards show light shelf wear, DJ has scuffing, creasing, short tears, sun-faded on spine. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 10.5 X 7.0 X 1.5 inches; 442 pages; This is volume 1 only. "The first volume includes 3 rare, 19th C. works by Colonel Garrick Mallery, whose extensive North American Plains sign-language collection and insightful comparison of native systems with such other codes as Neapolitan gestures and sign languages of the deaf have yet to be surpassed." Contents 1. Introduction to the study of Sign Language among the North American Indians as Illustrating the Gesture Speech of Mankind. author Mallery, 2. A Collection of Gesture-Signs and Signals of the North American Indians with Some Comparisons - Mallery 3. The Gesture Speech of Man - Mallery. Followed by an Index of Names.. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .
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Catalogue: Native Studies::Linguistics
Keywords: 0306310732 sign language Linguistics Aboriginal Native Studies
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