Gerardo Ortega (@ortega_ger) 's Twitter Profile
Gerardo Ortega

@ortega_ger

Senior lecturer at the University of Birmingham. Sign languages - gesture - acquisition - processing - iconicity

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Timo Roettger (@timoroettger) 's Twitter Profile Photo

👩‍🎓👨‍🎓Fully funded PhD position available to come work with me at Universitetet i Oslo using iterative learning experiments to understand the evolution of sound symbolism. 🔴Deadline is 12. Jan '24 ⏲️Desired starting date is Mar/April '24 jobbnorge.no/en/available-j…

Jack Grieve (@jwgrieve) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Two new Assistant Professorships in our department Language and New Media: edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat… Intercultural Communication: edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…

Gesture Society HK (@gesturehk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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 polyu.hk/btFPs

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 polyu.hk/btFPs
CogIST Board (@cogistboard) 's Twitter Profile Photo

📢 #PhD Opportunity: Neural Mechanisms of Imagery & Perception Donders Institute 🇳🇱 🔍 Focus: Investigating how mental imagery and perception interact using advanced neuroimaging techniques. ⏳ Deadline: March 23, 2025 ru.nl/en/working-at/…

Federico Frau (@federico_frau) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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 (Università di Roma Tor Vergata) 🗓️February 10, 3.30-5.00 pm CET 📍IUSS PAVIA Zoom link: tinyurl.com/3ncx7b7f #NEPLab

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 (<a href="/unitorvergata/">Università di Roma Tor Vergata</a>)
🗓️February 10, 3.30-5.00 pm CET
📍<a href="/IussPavia/">IUSS PAVIA</a>
Zoom link: tinyurl.com/3ncx7b7f
#NEPLab
Gerardo Ortega (@ortega_ger) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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 😀

ISGS2025 (@isgs2025) 's Twitter Profile Photo

✉️ 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: isgs10.nl/registration

Jarkko Keränen (@jarkko_keranen) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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. doi.org/10.1515/opli-2…

DCAL (@dcal_ucl) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🏆 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: ucl.ac.uk/pals/news/2025…

Adam Schembri (ˈʃɛmbɹi/ˈʃkɛmbri) (@adamcschembri) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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!

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!
Tilbe Göksun (@goksuntilbe) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Our commentary on Karadöller, Sümer, and Özyürek paper: "Promoting a multimodal first language acquisition framework" Dr. Ece Demir-Lira journals.sagepub.com/eprint/9PHBGMD…

ISGS2025 (@isgs2025) 's Twitter Profile Photo

⏰ 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: isgs10.nl/registration ISGS Multimodallang Dept @MPİ_NL

⏰ The deadline for EARLY BIRD registration for #ISGS2025 is approaching!

🗓️Register by May 31st to get the best rate for registration. 

For more information &amp; to register: isgs10.nl/registration

<a href="/GestureSociety/">ISGS</a> <a href="/Multimodallang/">Multimodallang Dept @MPİ_NL</a>
Adam Schembri (ˈʃɛmbɹi/ˈʃkɛmbri) (@adamcschembri) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Registrations for the 'Sign Language Contact, Variation, and Change Conference' at the University of Birmingham 21-22 August 2025 are now open! sites.google.com/view/slcvc-wor… Information about the keynote presentations is now on the website, with the detailed programme soon to follow!

DCAL (@dcal_ucl) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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!