Are you interested in #iconicity and how it shapes the lexicon? Join us in our workshop FROM ICON TO ABSTRACTION organised by @pernipa and yours truly 📍The Exchange Birmingham UK ⏰July 20-21 2023 https://t.co/rPSOZaWonf

I’m very happy to share our new paper! “The Visual Iconicity Challenge: Evaluating Vision–Language Models on Sign Language Form–Meaning Mapping”, co-authored with @ozyurek_a, @ortega_ger, @KadirGokgoz, and Esam Ghaleb. #Iconicity #MultimodalAI arXiv: https://t.co/cJJ9Jhd5QL

Can VLMs detect #iconic form-meaning mappings in signs? Delighted to be part of this fantastic project led by @Onr_Kls

SignGPT is a 5-year EPSRC-funded project by Uni of Surrey, UCL DCAL & Oxford, building AI tools with the deaf community. We're a deaf/hearing team looking for more deaf BSL signers to join us!

⏰ The deadline for EARLY BIRD registration for #ISGS2025 is approaching! 🗓️Register by May 31st to get the best rate for registration. For more information & to register: https://t.co/rjVvMQv8gR @GestureSociety @Multimodallang

Registrations for the 'Sign Language Contact, Variation, and Change Conference' at the University of Birmingham 21-22 August 2025 are now open! https://t.co/XayKewBqKk Information about the keynote presentations is now on the website, with the detailed programme soon to follow!

Our commentary on Karadöller, Sümer, and Özyürek paper: "Promoting a multimodal first language acquisition framework" @oedemir https://t.co/4vYcF9M2lr

Thanks to the reviewers for their insightful suggestions 😀 Project generously funded by @ahrcpress @DFG__Official https://t.co/z29ZPyd7Xi

There is a positive correlation between iconicity and concreteness ratings. Unlike what's been reported for spoken languages, iconic signs can refer to abstract concepts (via metaphor). Our results show how the manual-visual modality impacts different psycholinguistic constructs.

There is a weak correlation in #concreteness ratings with concepts skewed towards the concrete end of the scale. Concepts that are typically very abstract in spoken languages (emotions) are regarded more concrete in signs (emotion signs in BSL & DGS are articulated on the chest)

We find a strong correlation between #iconicity ratings for 234 concepts in BSL and DGS. In some strategies concepts are clustered around the iconic end of the continuum while 'acting' and 'entity' are more evenly distributed.

New paper alert! Lexical database of #iconicity ratings, iconic strategies and #concreteness ratings for concepts in #BSL and #DGS. Co-authored with Annika Schiefner Nia Lazarus @pernipa #openaccess https://t.co/LeRMda3U1L

Deadline for submissions to the Sign Language Contact, Variation, and Change conference is 31st March. Keynote presenters: Lina Hou, Annelies Kusters, and Marta Morgado. Get your abstracts in now and see you in Birmingham 21-22 August 2025!

Hi, iconicity friends! My latest article is out Keränen, Jarkko. "Somatosensory iconicity: Insights from sighted signers and blind gesturers" Open Linguistics, vol. 11, no. 1, 2025, pp. 20240027.

🏆 Have you published impactful research on British Sign Language in the past 2 years? Apply for the Bencie Woll Prize and stand out in the field of sign language linguistics. Winner receives £500 and the opportunity to present their work at DCAL. Details: https://t.co/wA1nhaYa6i

✉️ Decision letters for #ISGS2025 are out! We are looking forward to the symposia, talks and posters presenting the the latest multimodal language research in Nijmegen! 🔎For information about conference registration:

Any advice on how to choose a mike 🎤 to record conversations in naturalistic environments? We got funding to study #purehepecha + gesture but I've never had to worry about audio in my research! I have a Canon Legria HF G26 video camera. All suggestions welcome 😀

Don't miss the first #IUSSLinguisticsSeminar of the 2025 series: EEG source connectivity in neuropsychiatric disorders: the case of schizophrenia, w/ Prof. Giorgio Di Lorenzo (@unitorvergata) 🗓️February 10, 3.30-5.00 pm CET 📍@IussPavia Zoom link: https://t.co/HY7cKt6KWr #NEPLab

Join us on Zoom on Friday 21st February at 17:30 HK time to hear from Dr.  Pilar Prieto and Dr. Florence Baills . "Embodied Prosody: A Path to Better Pronunciation in Second Language Learning". Register here: Register at  https://t.co/BYSV7tbUXR

📢 #PhD Opportunity: Neural Mechanisms of Imagery & Perception @DondersInst 🇳🇱 🔍 Focus: Investigating how mental imagery and perception interact using advanced neuroimaging techniques. ⏳ Deadline: March 23, 2025 https://t.co/zinvyi97rv

Two new Assistant Professorships in our department Language and New Media: https://t.co/izCTB0VaxN Intercultural Communication: https://t.co/5go1OUImil