The part about FINST and demonstrative reference made me think about localizing in sign language. You can make the sign for an entity and point to a place in the ‘sign space’ in front of you, so that later you can refer back to the entity by referring to (pointing to, making signs at) that place. You could set up multiple entities in the space, and later discard them again and place new ones.
My understanding of (Dutch) sign language is only rudimentary so this should be taken with a grain of salt, but it’s an interesting connection nonetheless.
The part about FINST and demonstrative reference made me think about localizing in sign language. You can make the sign for an entity and point to a place in the ‘sign space’ in front of you, so that later you can refer back to the entity by referring to (pointing to, making signs at) that place. You could set up multiple entities in the space, and later discard them again and place new ones.
My understanding of (Dutch) sign language is only rudimentary so this should be taken with a grain of salt, but it’s an interesting connection nonetheless.