Scholar
Gerardo Ortega
Google Scholar ID: VBdG7TEAAAAJ
University of Birmingham
Citations & Impact
Citations
623
H-index
12
i10-index
15
Publications
20
Co-authors
5
list available
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Published works include a review on iconicity and sign lexical acquisition in Frontiers in Psychology and an ERP study on how iconic gestures serve as manual cognates in hearing second language learners of a sign language in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition.
Research Experience
- Completed PhD at Deafness, Language and Cognition Research Centre, UCL, under Gary Morgan and Bencie Woll; Postdoctoral research fellow at Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Netherlands, supervised by Asli Ozyurek; Lecturer at the Department of English Language and Linguistics, University of Birmingham.
Education
- PhD in Cognitive, Perceptual, and Brain Sciences from University College London, UK (2013); MA in Applied Linguistics from Universidad de las Americas, Mexico (2006); BA in Environmental Engineering from Universidad de las Americas, Mexico (2003).
Background
- Interested in the acquisition and emergence of manual communication, specializing in the acquisition of sign language as a first and second language, sign language processing, and similarities between sign and gesture. Also explores the role of gesture and iconicity in sign language emergence and evolution.
Miscellany
- Currently teaching undergraduate modules such as Investigating Language, Theories of Language, and Applied Linguistics; Interested in supervising PhD students researching the acquisition of sign languages, sign language processing, and the interface between gesture and sign.
