The Art of Instructing the Infant Deaf and Dumb, to Which Is Annexed, the Method of Educating Mutes of a More Mature Age, Practised by the ABBE de L'Epee (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1819 Excerpt: ...scholar, if the second verb ought to be in the subjunctive, as in the former of these two examples, we make the sign denoting conjunction for that; the proper pronominal sign for you; and for learn, 1. The general sign for a verb; 2. The sign for present; S. The sign denoting subjunctive mood, which we shall describe in its proper place. But if the second verb ought to be in the indicative, agreeably to the second example, by making no sign after that for present, the scholar will immediately understand, as there is no sign for the indicative mood, that the verb ought to be in that mood. ART. IV. Of certain words called Improper Pronouns, and of the Signs agreeing to them. The words some, many, all, occur every moment in our lessons and our dictamens. We take the following means to explain them by signs. Having a purse of counters, we take out one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, one by one, and we count them every time; then we take out a small number, one by one, without counting: this is what we call some. K 'After this operation, we take out a handful, and we call that many or much. Lastly we empty the whole into a hat, or another purse, and call that all, or every one. We do not find it necessary to repeat this operation. We also meet with alone, only, nothing, none, each, at every turn. Alone, only, terms of exclusion or singleness, are thus expressed: --I send one of my scholars to a corner of the room, while I and the rest are round the table, and I make a sign with my hand expressive of his separation from us; he is alone; and such is the sign established for this adjective. Only has much the same signification: --I want bread alone I want bread only have no obvious difference, therefore the same sign will do. Wh...