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Author: Jeffrey E. Davis Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 0521870100 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 275
Book Description
Describes a unique case of sign language that served as an international language among numerous Native American nations not sharing a common spoken language. The book contains the most current descriptions of all levels of the language from phonology to discourse, as well as comparisons with other sign languages.
Author: Jeffrey E. Davis Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 0521870100 Category : Language Arts & Disciplines Languages : en Pages : 275
Book Description
Describes a unique case of sign language that served as an international language among numerous Native American nations not sharing a common spoken language. The book contains the most current descriptions of all levels of the language from phonology to discourse, as well as comparisons with other sign languages.
Author: Brenda Margaret Farnell Publisher: University of Texas Press ISBN: 9780292724808 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 410
Book Description
Plains Indian Sign Talk (PST), a complex system of hand signs, once served as the lingua franca among many Native American tribes of the Great Plains, who spoke very different languages. Here, Farnell reveals how PST is still an integral component of the stroytelling tradition in contemporary Assiniboine (Nakota) culture.
Author: William Philo Clark Publisher: ISBN: Category : Indian sign language Languages : en Pages : 488
Book Description
Under orders from General Sheridan, Captain W. P. Clark spent over six years among the Plains Indians and other tribes studying their sign language. In addition to an alphabetical cataloguing of signs, Clark gives valuable background information on many tribes and their history and customs. Considered the classic of its field, this book provides, entirely in prose form, how to speak the language entirely through sign language, without one diagram provided.
Author: William Tomkins Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 0486130940 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 130
Book Description
Learn to communicate without words with these authentic signs. Learn over 525 signs, developed by the Sioux, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Arapahoe, and others. Book also contains 290 pictographs of the Sioux and Ojibway tribes.
Author: Mike Pahsetopah Publisher: Wellfleet Press ISBN: 076038228X Category : Foreign Language Study Languages : en Pages : 171
Book Description
Explore Native American culture and learn Hand Talk, also known as Plains Indian Sign Language, Plains Sign Talk, and First Nation Sign Language. In Talking with Hands, professional Native American dancer, storyteller, and educator Mike Pahsetopah reveals the beauty of Plains Indian Sign Language, which was once used as a common language between the Indigenous peoples of the region now called the Great Plains of North America. The language was used for trade, but also for storytelling and by the Deaf community, making it a very common and useful tool in society. Today, only a few native speakers remain. This beautifully designed book makes practicing Plains Indian Sign Language easy and engaging. Learn the proper positions and motions of this now-rare language with photos and descriptions throughout the pages. Follow along with diagrams to perfect your abilities. Learn how to use your hands to convey the meanings of over 500 common words. In this detailed guide, you will learn to sign words like: Hungry Camp Evening Angry Fire Owl Together Brave And more Honor and carry on the culture of the Plains peoples by learning the sign language they shared.
Author: Jeffrey E. Davis
Author: Jeffrey E. Davis
Author: Brenda Margaret Farnell
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Author: Dennis R. Leonard
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