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.
ERA 2018: Language, communication and culture
EI ratings 2018: Language, communication and culture
ERA 2018: Linguistics, comms, media and literary studies
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/
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:
- Australian Hearing Hub
- Cochlear
- Hearing Australia, including its National Acoustic Laboratories
- NextSense.
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