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Department of Linguistics

Linguistics at Macquarie

The Department of Linguistics at Macquarie University is one of the largest and most diverse linguistics departments in Australia, and possibly one of the largest and most diverse departments internationally. The department hosts various research centres, clinical groups, and other research groups, which collaboratively foster a dynamic and interdisciplinary teaching and research environment. Teaching and research within the department extends across five distinct, yet interrelated, disciplinary areas:

  1. Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
  2. Translation and Interpreting
  3. Clinical Audiology
  4. Speech and Language Pathology and Communication Disorders
  5. Editing and Publishing.

The Department is particularly proud to be home to a Macquarie University Research Centre, the Centre for Language Sciences (CLaS). Alongside the Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science (MACCS), CLaS has members in the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Cognition and its Disorders. The Centre of Excellence is funded for 7 years from 2011, and is directed by Professor Stephen Crain. The Centre of Excellence is funded for 7 years from 2011. There are several other active research centres within the department, including the Centre for Language in Social Life (CLSL), the Applied Lnguistics and Language in Education Research Centre (ALLE RC) and the Centre for Translation and Interpreting Research (CTIR) which includes sign language interpreting. The department prides itself on being the world’s leading institution for research in Auslan, the Australian sign language.

A leading Audiology section in the department has been crucial in ensuring Macquarie’s central involvement as one of five core parties in the HEARing Co-operative Research Centre (CRC). Our two clinics, an Audiology clinic and a Speech and Language Pathology clinic, provide services to the community as well as placement opportunities for students.

Staff members in Linguistics support undergraduate and postgraduate coursework degrees as well as postgraduate research degrees. We cater to the interests of a diverse student body, with over 130 domestic and international students currently enrolled in Higher Degree Research programs, primarily in the PhD, and we also have students enrolled in joint PhD programs with other universities overseas (co-tutelle programs).

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