Language and Society Research Group
List of past and present HDR topics in Language and Society
The Language and Society Research Group comprises researchers within the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, Faculty of Arts, who investigate the relationship between language and the social world.
The Research Group is closely linked to the Language and Society Centre
Research and Supervision Areas
- Austronesian languages and cultures (Indonesia and Oceania)
- Cross-linguistic analysis of narratives
- Cultural and linguistic aspects of interpreted medical discourse
- Documentation and analysis of endangered and other under-described languages
- Language variation and change
- Migration, language minorities and language contact
- Intercultural communication
- Language and culture
- Language variation and change
- Migration, language minorities and language contact
- Multilingualism and bilingualism
- e-Learning
- Computer mediated communication
- Language policy, planning, and language teaching
- Second language acquisition and use
- Communication in professional contexts
Research group leader
Professor Farzad SharifianResearch Group Members
- Professor Kate Burridge
- John Bradley
- Dr Julie Bradshaw
- Dr In Jung Cho
- Dr Young-a Cho
- Dr Marisa Cordella
- Carmen Dawuda
- Mr Patrick Durel
- Dr Alice Gaby
- Mr Scott Grant
- Dr Hiroko Hashimoto
- Jim Hlavac
- Dr Hui Huang
- Dr Lijian Hong
- Dr Shimako Iwasaki
- Dr Heinz Kreutz
- Ms Yacinta Kurniasih
- Dr Naomi Kurata
- Dr Raffaele Lampugnani
- Dr Howie Manns
- Dr Anna Margetts
- Assoc. Professor Helen Mariott
- Dr Simon Musgrave
- Dr Nadine Normand-Marconnet
- Mr Marc Orlando
- Dr Sarah Pasfield-Neofitou
- Dr Robyn Spence-Brown
- Dr Masato Takimoto
- Helen Tebble
- Dr Louisa Willoughby
- Dr Zhichang (Marc) Xu
- Dr Kuniko Yoshimitsu