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The Centre for Language in Social Life in the Department of Linguistics at Macquarie University is a research centre for the study of language across social contexts, using a variety of theoretical approaches to discourse modelling
The Centre has a dual research orientation to
A distinctive feature of the Centre’s work is the development of computational tools for the analysis and description of natural language corpora. These tools are for both low-level pattern searching, which can be completely automated, and high-level linguistic analysis. Using these tools to study real language data is crucial to the linguistic research practised at the Centre.
The Centre contributes to the teaching programs in the Department of Linguistics and Centre staff and members teach in linguistic programs from first year to PhD supervision.
The Centre undertakes consultancy work, including the analysis of contexts of interaction and the development of materials for training manuals and communication tools. The Centre is also interested in communicating linguistic research to a general audience.