It is interesting to consider the gesture languages used by those deaf individuals who are not taught or exposed to sign language. They are without a language, yet there are interpreters who are able to interpret their gestures fluently & respond even upon first meeting them. These interpreters are deaf themselves, but interpret to sign language which is then interpreted to speech. (Most cases of the languageless here are in recent immigrant families, so often English, in this case, is then interpreted to the native language of the family in cases of group dialog. This is a long process.)
If gestures can be recognized by people w/no prior exposure… can they be considered the intellectual property of any one entity?
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