Department of Linguistics

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16 University Ave, Macquarie University NSW 2109 Service Connect is your first point of contact for enquiries Our staff publish articles, journals, chapters and books Collective for Language Sciences Hearing Education Application Research (HEAR) Multilingualism Research Collective

Studying language from sensation to society

Our academics and researchers endeavour to understand the diversity of human hearing, speech, language and communication across the lifespan.

The Department of Linguistics spans a wide range of disciplines within the broader areas of theoretical and applied linguistics.

We are well known nationally and internationally for our cutting-edge research in the fields of:

  • audiology and hearing
  • adult language learning
  • child language acquisition
  • Indigenous languages
  • language processing
  • professional communication.

We also contribute substantially to translational research in collaboration with major industry partners.