Yan Gu
@Yan__Gu
Followers
257
Following
186
Media
8
Statuses
156
I am a linguist. Interested in gestures, metaphors, prosody, bilinguals, time and space, cross-cultural differences and child language acquisition
The Netherlands
Joined March 2017
Four years post-doc fellowship on multimodal and social interaction
ucl.ac.uk
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
0
2
4
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 ( https://t.co/NTIDLYp7Es) at @cogsci_soc in Rotterdam (T.31.02) – join me! (1/8)
0
3
17
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
0
13
33
Interesting fully funded PhD position on nonverbal communciation in Aberdeen
findaphd.com
PhD Project - EASTBIO: Deciphering hidden meanings from nonverbal behaviours: a multi-method and multi-level approach to investigating multimodal integration during indirect communication at Univer...
0
1
1
A postdoc fellowship (a MSCA COFUND scheme) https://t.co/2T1w5bHJi8 An opportunity to work with Prof. Kita and another researcher in the EUTOPIA university network. Deadline: 14 Dec. Please get in touch!
0
13
20
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⬇️
1
9
42
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: https://t.co/BjH6vFW9ib PDF:
1
13
44
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
Deaf and hearing readers have different access to spoken phonology which may affect the representation and recognition of written words. We used ERPs to investigate how a matched sample of deaf and...
2
10
32
I'm looking for someone to design a lab website! If you're interested, please send me a DM! Or if you know someone who might be interested, I'd be thankful if you could send this along! Also, a retweet would be much appreciated! 🙏
30
9
53
Congratulations! This is really great news!
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
https://t.co/vZLjmZdONa
1
0
1
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: https://t.co/jT4Eh5mbBE
1
30
46
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.
0
0
1
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
The 10 things you should know about sign languages are the following: (1) Sign languages have phonology and poetry. (2) Sign languages vary in their linguistic ...
1
95
134
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.
1
2
3
Great talk and thread here👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
@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
2
4
27
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
1
3
20
@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
0
5
11
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 https://t.co/MKmIfSKhAq via @OSFramework @NWONieuws
0
1
4