Yan Gu
@Yan__Gu
I am a linguist. Interested in gestures, metaphors, prosody, bilinguals, time and space, cross-cultural differences and child language acquisition
Four years post-doc fellowship on multimodal and social interaction ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se…
In face-to-face interaction people can learn incidentally new concepts talking to more expert people. Using data from ECOLANG, we show that both verbal dimensions and multimodal behaviours support learning in dyadic interaction #CogSci2024
How do adult speakers’ use of multimodal behaviours influence others’ semantic learning in naturalistic face-to-face communication? This Friday at 2.15pm I’ll be presenting our paper explaining how (bit.ly/3WkwIOI) at @cogsci_soc in Rotterdam (T.31.02) – join me! (1/8)
We document caregivers’ multimodal language (n= 72, children: 2-4 years) in semi naturalistic interaction. We show how multimodal language differ when talking about objects that are present vs absent. Multimodal iconicity is more common for absent objects. @ESRC @ERC_Research
How do adult speakers’ use of multimodal behaviours influence others’ semantic learning in naturalistic face-to-face communication? This Friday at 2.15pm I’ll be presenting our paper explaining how (bit.ly/3WkwIOI) at @cogsci_soc in Rotterdam (T.31.02) – join me! (1/8)
Interesting fully funded PhD position on nonverbal communciation in Aberdeen findaphd.com/phds/project/e…
A postdoc fellowship (a MSCA COFUND scheme) tinyurl.com/3wfjvnt6 An opportunity to work with Prof. Kita and another researcher in the EUTOPIA university network. Deadline: 14 Dec. Please get in touch!
What wonderful news to start the weekend! Our paper on audiovisual benefit in aphasia is published in @CORTEXjournal Huge thank you to my amazing team @vigliocco_g, @LaurelBuxbaum, Rosemary Varley, Marja-Liisa Mailend, & Harrison Stoll. @UCLanguageLab @MossResearch Link⬇️
Ever wondered about sign language and gesture? Is co-sign gesture parallel to co-speech gesture? A new paper about by @sotarokita and me is now out!
'Gesture links language and cognition for spoken and signed languages', a Review by Sotaro Kita (@sotarokita) & Karen Emmorey (@kemmorey1) Web: go.nature.com/43ndREG PDF: rdcu.be/dcYMl
Skilled deaf and hearing readers weigh sources of information differently - deaf readers show larger semantically-mediated effects and altered responses to low-level visual variables during word recognition. New study w/ Kurt Winsler now officially out! tandfonline.com/eprint/WYQSXTX…
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Our review paper “Efficacy of culturally adapted interventions for common mental disorders in people of Chinese descent: a systematic review and meta-analysis” is now out @TheLancetPsych ! @UCLPALS sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Announcing the inaugural Anne Cutler International Visiting Fellowship - celebrating Anne’s research legacy & verve by supporting an eminent international visitor to @MARCSInstitute. Apply by 30 Jun 2023: tinyurl.com/AnneCutlerFell…
Just meet a MSc student who brought her 1.5 year daughter to the meeting; as a foreigner & a mom, she had no choice; she took her son to classes during her UG study. She likes children so takes a child language acquisition project w me. I have so much admiration to the student.
New OA paper "10 things you should know about sign languages" focussing on why their study is important to science. RT to reach a broad audience! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/09…
I will have my public PhD defence in Econometrics on Wednesday, 31 May, 2023 at 14:00 in the Auditorium of Tilburg University. A reception will be held after the ceremony. All are welcome.
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@mamus_ezgi If our conceptual representations develop from sensory experiences then blind & sighted ppl may have diff representations. Using elicited silent gesture Blind ppl produce fewer gestures for non-manipulable & animals (but not for manipulable objects). #MMSYM2023
Sheng Lin @Yan__Gu created a corpus of Chinese Sign Langauge (Shanghai). N=108 age: 18-98 120 hours of videos mainly interactional data. 2 deaf native signers doing data collection. They find that younger signers no longer use up for past (unlike older signers) #MMSYM2023
@PilarPVives welcomes delegates to Barcelona for the 1st International Symposium of Multimodal Communication. Marianne Gullberg pays homage to Adam Kendon who passed last year #mmys
Immigrants and refugees: Language skill is so important for your job and economic well-being. Learn Dutch if you're in the Netherlands!
My five-year longitudinal study w @Yan__Gu, Backus & van Soest shows that host country language proficiency has a causal effect on Dutch immigrants’ employment, income, savings and financial wealth osf.io/qnfuv/ via @OSFramework @NWONieuws