Research Fellow in Data Sciences at UCL 📖 💬 Multimodality, iconicity, metaphor, gesture, data science 🤏 🔢 #rstats #python #openscience 💻 🔓 https://www.gregwoodin.co.uk/ https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=7xhttps://bsky.app/profile/gregwoodin.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/gregwoodin.bsky.social/post/3msiuumzw5s2mThrowback to Embodied and Situated Language Processing last week at Lancaster University, where I presented our work on multimodal coordination in early word learning interactions. Really enjoyed this conference! Check out the slides here: https://osf.io/rjdqb/files/gv5em07 Aug 2026 15:32 +0000at://did:plc:emytct6drxcyvrpwhpsekukt/app.bsky.feed.post/3msiuumzw5s2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/gregwoodin.bsky.social/post/3mrsa2lxw3c2tHad fun presenting our work (@gretagandolfi.bsky.social, @gabriellavigliocco.bsky.social, @fourtassi.bsky.social, Yan Gu) on multimodal coordination in early word learning w 3–4-year-old children and their caregivers today at Embodied and Situated Language Processing at Lancaster University. (1/4) 👇29 Jul 2026 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:emytct6drxcyvrpwhpsekukt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrsa2lxw3c2thttps://bsky.app/profile/gregwoodin.bsky.social/post/3mp22h4jx5s2aPleased that my chapter on iconicity has officially been published in the International Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics. Abstract below. Get in touch if you don't have access! https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/chapter/referencework/abs/pii/B9780323955041007225?via%3Dihub24 Jun 2026 13:46 +0000at://did:plc:emytct6drxcyvrpwhpsekukt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp22h4jx5s2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/gregwoodin.bsky.social/post/3mog6p5zbgc2tFYI there is currently an issue with the Arabic in the article that I am trying to get updated. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Jun 2026 16:09 +0000at://did:plc:emytct6drxcyvrpwhpsekukt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mog6p5zbgc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/gregwoodin.bsky.social/post/3mofo2r7a5s2bHow precise are numbers? Our new article in Language and Cognition (with @bodowinter.bsky.social and @lordlorson.bsky.social) finds that round numbers are used more approximately at higher magnitudes. (1/5) 👇 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/language-and-cognition/article/approximate-round-number-use-depends-on-magnitude/9D3C0D120280AEEB709FA1AB41EC5EB616 Jun 2026 11:11 +0000at://did:plc:emytct6drxcyvrpwhpsekukt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mofo2r7a5s2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/gregwoodin.bsky.social/post/3ml3t77kz7c25My current position will be coming to a close at the end of 2026, so I’m beginning to explore next steps. I’m a postdoctoral researcher at UCL working at the intersection of language, cognition, and multimodal communication. 1/4 👇05 May 2026 09:01 +0000at://did:plc:emytct6drxcyvrpwhpsekukt/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml3t77kz7c25https://bsky.app/profile/gregwoodin.bsky.social/post/3mk5ol3uyss23Does verbal coordination help 3–4 year old children learn new words? In our new preprint (w/ @gabriellavigliocco.bsky.social, @gretagandolfi.bsky.social, @fourtassi.bsky.social, Yan Gu), we explored 20 predictors of word learning. One combination stood out. 👇 (1/4) https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=662345623 Apr 2026 09:18 +0000at://did:plc:emytct6drxcyvrpwhpsekukt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk5ol3uyss23https://bsky.app/profile/gregwoodin.bsky.social/post/3mgp5kc7vvk2mReally enjoyed presenting at @asifamajid.bsky.social's lab yesterday at the University of Oxford, where I shared some initial ideas for a project exploring pitch processing in speech prosody and musical melody, microtonal versus discrete-tone music, and gesture. Great to get everyone's feedback!10 Mar 2026 10:21 +0000at://did:plc:emytct6drxcyvrpwhpsekukt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgp5kc7vvk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/gregwoodin.bsky.social/post/3mfm4bu7bmc2qData and analysis scripts are here: osf.io/9z5qn/overview [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Feb 2026 11:55 +0000at://did:plc:emytct6drxcyvrpwhpsekukt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfm4bu7bmc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/gregwoodin.bsky.social/post/3mfbuyod4hc2yReally enjoyed chatting to everyone yesterday! Looking forward to another day of interesting talks. Link to poster below. (P.S. the children are 3–4 years old.) [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Feb 2026 10:18 +0000at://did:plc:emytct6drxcyvrpwhpsekukt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfbuyod4hc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/gregwoodin.bsky.social/post/3mf7j7avg2s2nExcited to present this poster today (w/ @gabriellavigliocco.bsky.social, @gretagandolfi.bsky.social, @fourtassi.bsky.social, and Yan Gu) at the 3rd International Workshop on Naturalistic Experimentation of Child Development at Birkbeck, University of London. Check out the poster here: osf.io/876ab19 Feb 2026 11:41 +0000at://did:plc:emytct6drxcyvrpwhpsekukt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf7j7avg2s2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/gregwoodin.bsky.social/post/3mf57rs2uc22wMy first (physically) published book chapter. It's quite a weighty tome! Almost dropped it when the courier delivered it. Read the chapter here: https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/62210/chapter-abstract/550160090?redirectedFrom=fulltext&login=false18 Feb 2026 13:47 +0000at://did:plc:emytct6drxcyvrpwhpsekukt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf57rs2uc22whttps://bsky.app/profile/gregwoodin.bsky.social/post/3mdvfksg7es2lOur paper (w/ @bodowinter.bsky.social and @mperlman.bsky.social) is finally out, officially 🥳. In it, we set ourselves the lofty goal of defining iconicity, focusing on its subjectivity, context-dependence, and gradability. Let us know if you agree with our definition? 🤔 https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780192849489.013.001202 Feb 2026 17:44 +0000at://did:plc:emytct6drxcyvrpwhpsekukt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdvfksg7es2l