Welcome
The Department of Linguistics at Macquarie is the largest of its kind in Australia, with substantial postgraduate programs, a full undergraduate program, over 900 postgraduate coursework students and almost 100 research students. Our active research culture is nourished in four research centres of international standing and several clinical groups which act collaboratively to foster an enquiring environment.
The Department has a strong interest in the description of modern English language, especially work in systemic-functional grammar, in discourse analysis and pragmatics, and in Australian English. Its applied linguistics work extends over a number of fields including language and literacy education, TESOL, language program management, stylistics, a well-established program in translation and interpreting, and an innovative program in communication in professions and organisations.
Linguistics at Macquarie has long been recognised for its research and teaching in areas such as lexicography and corpus linguistics, in phonetics and phonology (especially as applied to computer-based research in speech technology and speech perception), and in communication disorders.
From the outset, Macquarie has incorporated undergraduate and graduate teaching and research in areas unusual for a Linguistics Department, notably its clinical programs in audiology and communication disorders. Recent years have seen major program developments in areas of language and cultural studies, literacy studies, community and workplace-based studies of professional-client interaction, first and second language acquisition, bi- and multi-lingualism, as well as language testing and evaluation, and speech pathology.
The distance programs of Linguistics have led the way in delivering quality study programs and support and were chosen by the University as the major component of the Macquarie Borderless University project. Several postgraduate programs are available entirely by distance, including all of the Applied Linguistics programs, the MSc in Speech and Language Processing, the Postgraduate Certificate in TESOL, and the Postgraduate Certificate in Editing and Publishing. The Doctor of Applied Linguistics is only available by distance.
Whether you are a local student or distance student, an undergraduate student, a postgraduate or research student, a researcher or collaborator, we welcome you to our Department and hope your stay is enjoyable and valuable.