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The Grup d'Estudis de Prosòdia i Gestualitat (GrEP-G) is part of the Unitat de Recerca en Lingüística (UR-Ling), #TraduccioUPF at @upf.edu 🌐 https://www.upf.edu/web/grepg

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Prosodic and Gestural Studies Group (GrEP-G) @grepgupf.bsky.social · Feb 20

👋 Welcome to the official Bluesky account of the Prosodic and Gestural Studies Group (Grup d'Estudis de Prosòdia i Gestualitat, GrEP-G), #TraduccióUPF, @upf.edu

👉 Follow us to keep up to date on our research!

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Prosodic and Gestural Studies Group (GrEP-G) @grepgupf.bsky.social · 10d

❗️New paper out

📝 Co-creation of a narrative intervention program for speech–language pathology and educational settings. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology.

📕 American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

👥 @juliafloritpons.bsky.social, Pilar Prieto and Alfonso Igualada

Co-Creation of a Multi-Tiered Narrative Intervention Program for Speech-Language Pathology and Educational Settings

Purpose: This study aims to describe how a multi-tiered multimodal narrative intervention program was developed by integrating research and real-...

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Prosodic and Gestural Studies Group (GrEP-G) @grepgupf.bsky.social · 12d

Today is the inaugural event of the @isgscatalonia.bsky.social with a lecture by Prof. Sotaro Kita from University of Warwick on Gesture, language and thought

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ISGS Catalonia Hub @isgscatalonia.bsky.social · 16d

We are pleased to announce the establishment of ISGS-Catalonia, a hub of the International Society of Gesture studies (ISGS) based in Catalonia. Our inaugural event will feature alecture by Prof. Sotaro Kita on September 26, 2025 at 12:30 pm (GMT+2).

Poster announcing an online talk by Prof. Sotaro Kita of the University of Warwick taking place on Friday 26th September at 12:30pm (GMT+2). The title of the talk is Gesture, Language, and Thought. It is part of the online lecture series organised by ISGS Catalonia a hub of the International Society for Gesture Studies. The talk is hosted by the Prosody and Gesture Study Group at University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona and is also broadcasted online. Registration is possible by clicking on a link in the post.

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Prosodic and Gestural Studies Group (GrEP-G) @grepgupf.bsky.social · Sep 8

Today Pamela Urra from Universidad Católica de Chile presented the development, evaluation and optimization of the app "Cuenta Conmigo"

Prosodic and Gestural Studies Group (GrEP-G) @grepgupf.bsky.social · Sep 4

Today @joel-espejoalvarez.bsky.social and @janafolch.bsky.social presented about the cocreation and preliminary assessment of the MultiModal Narrative Newcomer intervention. A study in collaboration with @juliafloritpons.bsky.social, @ingridvilag.bsky.social, Mireia Gómez i Martínez and Pilar Prieto

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Prosodic and Gestural Studies Group (GrEP-G) @grepgupf.bsky.social · Sep 3

@saracoegom.bsky.social presented about how preschool children integrate prosody and gesture to convey pragmatic meaning. A study in collaboration with Núria Esteve-Gibert and Pilar Prieto

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Prosodic and Gestural Studies Group (GrEP-G) @grepgupf.bsky.social · Sep 3

@jiali-li.bsky.social presented about the differences in gesture and speech between child-directed and adult-directed narratives. A study in collaboration with @ingridvilag.bsky.social, @saracoegom.bsky.social and Pilar Prieto.

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Prosodic and Gestural Studies Group (GrEP-G) @grepgupf.bsky.social · Sep 3

@ingridvilag.bsky.social presented about the impact of non-referential gesture production and observation in children's argumentative skills. A study in collaboration with Pilar Prieto and Thomas Castelain.

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Prosodic and Gestural Studies Group (GrEP-G) @grepgupf.bsky.social · Sep 3

We are in the XI Congreso Internacional de Adquisición del Lenguaje (AEAL) y III Congreso de la Asociación Hispanohablante para el Estudio del Trastorno del Lenguaje #AEAL2025 #CHITEL2025!

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Prosodic and Gestural Studies Group (GrEP-G) @grepgupf.bsky.social · Jul 21

📕 Child Development

👥 @juliafloritpons.bsky.social, Mariia Pronina, Alfonso Igualada, Pilar Prieto, Courtenay Norbury

🔗 srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Prosodic and Gestural Studies Group (GrEP-G) @grepgupf.bsky.social · Jul 21

❗️New Open Access paper out

📝 Multimodal Skills, but Not Motor Skills, Predict Narrative and Expressive Pragmatic Skills in Children With Typical Development and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

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Prosodic and Gestural Studies Group (GrEP-G) @grepgupf.bsky.social · Jul 21

❗️New Open Access paper out

📝 Towards a novel conceptualization of prosody that accounts for spoken and visual signals: The modality-neutral prosodic framework hypothesis

📕 Gesture

👥 Pilar Prieto, Núria Esteve-Gibert and Stefanie Shattuck-Hufnagel

🔗 www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour...

Towards a novel conceptualization of prosody that accounts for spoken and visual signals | John Benjamins

Abstract Prosody influences speech organization by signaling phrasal prominence, grouping patterns, and speakers’ pragmatic intentions. While traditionally viewed as restricted to speech, research sho...

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Prosodic and Gestural Studies Group (GrEP-G) @grepgupf.bsky.social · Jul 11

@ting-yao.bsky.social presented a poster on the effectiveness of a multimodal narrative intervention on L2 narrative skills, a study in collaboration with Trina Spencer and Pilar Prieto

Prosodic and Gestural Studies Group (GrEP-G) @grepgupf.bsky.social · Jul 11

We had two poster presentations!

@ingridvilag.bsky.social had a poster presentation about the influence of observing vs. producing non-referential gestures on children's argumentative abilities, a study in collaboration with Sandra Geladó, Pilar Prieto and Thomas Castelain

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Prosodic and Gestural Studies Group (GrEP-G) @grepgupf.bsky.social · Jul 10

@saracoegom.bsky.social has presented a study in collaboration with Núria Esteve-Gibert & Pilar Prieto on the multimodal expression of prominence: how children integrate prosody and gesture in marking focus types

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Prosodic and Gestural Studies Group (GrEP-G) @grepgupf.bsky.social · Jul 10

Today Pilar Prieto organized a symposium on multimodal prosody across spoken and sign languages and presented a study in collaboration with Esteve-Gibert & Shattuck-Hufnagel "Multimodal prosody: Towards a modality-neutral conceptualization of prosody that includes spoken, visual and tactile signals"

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Prosodic and Gestural Studies Group (GrEP-G) @grepgupf.bsky.social · Jul 10

We are in the 10th Conference of the International Society for Gesture Studies #ISGS2025!

@jiali-li.bsky.social presented about the impact of character viewpoint gestures in adults. A study in collaboration with Pilar Prieto and @ingridvilag.bsky.social

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Prosodic and Gestural Studies Group (GrEP-G) @grepgupf.bsky.social · Jul 2

We are very happy to announce that the Master students that joined our group this academic year Madeleine Dolz Lane and Paolo Frassine have successfully defended their theses.
Congratulations 👏👏

Prosodic and Gestural Studies Group (GrEP-G) @grepgupf.bsky.social · Jun 25

Today @juliafloritpons.bsky.social presented the Multimodal Narrative Intervention in the II Jornada d'Educació Lingüística Basada en l'Evidència Científica

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Prosodic and Gestural Studies Group (GrEP-G) @grepgupf.bsky.social · Jun 4

Yesterday, @jiali-li.bsky.social presented the research plan of her PhD thesis on the cognitive, emotional and developmental effects of character viewpoint gestures in storytelling

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Prosodic and Gestural Studies Group (GrEP-G) @grepgupf.bsky.social · Jun 2

This afternoon Jana Folch-Claramunt presented the research plan of her PhD thesis on a Multimodal Narrative intervention to support newcomer children in Catalonia

Prosodic and Gestural Studies Group (GrEP-G) @grepgupf.bsky.social · May 26

Today Vera Wolfrum from Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg presented the ModalKiS project about modality compaibility and gesture production in children with typically developed (TD) children and children with developmental language disorders (DLD).

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ISGS2025 @isgs2025.bsky.social · Apr 28

🎉 We’re thrilled to announce our #ISGS2025 keynote speaker: Lorna Quandt @lornaquandt.bsky.social

Join us for her talk, “Embodied approaches to sign language:
From visuospatial cognition to virtual reality” ✨

🔎 Learn more about her and her talk www.isgs10.nl/keynotes#h.r...

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Prosodic and Gestural Studies Group (GrEP-G) @grepgupf.bsky.social · Apr 26

❗️New Open Access paper out

📝 Preschoolers Mark Focus Types Through Multimodal Prominence: Further Evidence for the Precursor Role of Gestures

📕 Languages

👥 @saracoegom.bsky.social, Núria Esteve-Gibert, Pilar Prieto

🔗 www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/10...

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Prosodic and Gestural Studies Group (GrEP-G) @grepgupf.bsky.social · Apr 12

We would like to thank Dr. Trina Spencer, Dr. Carina Lüke (@carinalueke.bsky.social) and Dr. Aoife Gallagher for having been part of the PhD evaluation committee