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Long, J. Schuyler (1918).
The Sign Language: A Manual of Signs (Second edition).
Des Moines, IA: Robert Henderson.
First edition in 1910, published by Gibson Bros.
Second edition in 1918, published by Robert Henderson
Amended Second Edition, published by Gallaudet College Press,
reprinted in 1944, 1949, 1952, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963
Note: means availability on Page view, using the pages from the 1918 edition only. | |||||
Comparison of Contents and Format | First Edition | Second Edition | Amended Edition | Plates of Photographs | |
Preface | --- | --- | 7 | ||
Introduction to First Edition | 5 | --- | --- | ||
Introduction to Second Edition | --- | 3 | 9 | ||
The Sign Language | 8 | 5 | 12 | ||
The Manual Alphabet | 1 | 12 | 22 | ||
Explanatory | 14 | 13 | 21 | ||
Auxiliary Verbs | 16 | 14 | 24 | I | |
Pronouns | 19 | 17 | 28 | II | |
Mankind and Relationship | 25 | 21 | 35 | III | |
Sensations, Feelings, and the Affections | 28 | 24 | 39 | IV, V | |
Mental Actions, Language and Communication of Ideas | 39 | 33 | 54 | VI, VII | |
Motion and Action | 54 | 45 | 72 | VIII, IX, X | |
Occupations of Mankind | 78 | 64 | 102 | XI | |
Adjectives and Abstract Nouns | 82 | 67 | 107 | XII, XIII | |
Measurement of Time, Space and Quantity | 98 | 79 | 126 | XIV, XV | |
Articles of Food, Fruit, etc. | 108 | 87 | 138 | XVI | |
Animals | 114 | 92 | 146 | XVII | |
The World and Nature | 120 | 96 | 153 | XVIII | |
The Deity and Religion | 126 | 100 | 160 | XIX | |
Countries and Nationalities | 130 | 103 | 165 | XX | |
Prepositions | 134 | 106 | 170 | XXI | |
Miscellaneous | 139 | 110 | 176 | XXII | |
Numbers and Counting | 143 | 113 | 182 | XXIII | |
The Lord’s Prayer | Appendix | Appendix | 187 | XXIX, XXV, XXVI, XXVII | |
Sample Sentences, etc. | Appendix | Appendix | 191 | XXVIII | |
Catholic Signs | --- | 117 | 193 | XXIX, XXX | |
Index | 151 | 125 | 207 |