Sign Language LINGuistics Group
The Sign Language Linguistics Group (SLING) is a research grouping within the Department of Linguistics. Its members are affiliated with the Centre for Language Sciences, the Centre for Translation & Interpreting Research (CTIR), and/or the Applied Linguistics and Language in Education Research Group (ALLE). SLING members are developing signed language research and teaching in the areas of interpreting, lexicography, grammar and language acquisition. The recent creation of the Auslan Archive and Corpus is central to our corpus-based approach to the documentation and description of signed languages. Our main area of interest is on Auslan (Australian Sign Language) and related signed languages (British Sign Language and New Zealand Sign Language). There are three key members of the research grouping: Associate Professor Trevor Johnston, Dr Jemina Napier and Dr Louise de Beuzeville.
There are currently three major research projects underway by members of SLING.
1. The Auslan Archive and Corpus Project (Trevor Johnston, on-going).
2. The linguistic use of space in Auslan.
3. Medical Signbank