PhD and research degrees

Multi-disciplinary research excellence

Macquarie has concentrated research excellence in language, communication and culture, an area that crosses multiple faculties, departments and disciplines at the University.

Macquarie's research in language, communication and culture features a wide range of world-class theoretical and applied inquiry across media, communication and cultural studies, language studies and linguistics.

At Macquarie we undertake world-leading research into the role of language, languages and cultural practices, in the creation and representation of social identities.

Areas of specialisation

  • Applied linguistics and educational linguistics
  • Audiology and hearing science
  • Child language acquisition
  • Communications
  • Cultural studies
  • Historical, comparative and typological linguistics
  • Journalism
  • Language studies
  • Linguistics
  • Linguistic structures
  • Media studies
  • Phonetics and speech science
  • Translation and interpretation studies.

Research collectives

Facilities

  • Language Centre Labs
  • Performance and Entertainment Industries Facilities
  • Screen Facilities
  • The Futures Lab

Take a tour of these four state-of the-art facilities within the Department of Media, Communications, Creative Arts, Language and Literature.

Within Linguistics we have:

Our collaborations

Macquarie has strong interdisciplinary connections with industry, government, NGOs and community groups to provide solutions on a local and global level. Our linguistic and language researchers collaborate with leading industry and sector partners, such as:

Research news

Read more about the breakthroughs happening in the areas of research relating to language, communication and culture.

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Language development 

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Camp gives deaf children

a rare opportunity to be together.

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Urgent call to declare

hearing loss a public health issue.

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