MQ Linguistics

Stepping into a new chapter with a Masters of Research in Linguistics. Grateful for the path that led me here, and eagerly anticipating what lies ahead. 🎓✨@Macquarie_Uni

.@MQLinguistics Dr Hannah White gave a press conference during Acoustics2023 on creaky voice in Australian English. phys.org/news/2023-12-f…

Raising children bilingually is extra hard for speakers of small under-resourced languages such as Mongolian, as Undarmaa Munkhbayar @MQLinguistics explains in new post on Language-on-the-Move languageonthemove.com/how-to-maintai…

My presentation on 'Using tech in transnational bilingual parenting' at @ECREA_IIC conference about 'Transnational families and media practices: methods, ethics and critical approaches' at the young scholar workshop #YECREA @erasmusuni #Rotterdam @MQLinguistics @Lg_on_the_Move

Supporting #early #postgraduate #PhD #researchers on #multilingualism. Come join us tomorrow 2 Dec for an exciting day of #networking #sharing #learning with colleagues! @MQLinguistics @MQEducation @Macquarie_Uni multilingualsydney.org/schedule

We're #celebratingnewFellows & welcome Professor @felicitymcox from @Macquarie_Uni to the Academy. #AAHFellows Recognised as a leader in the field of phonetics, her work has had an incredible impact in promoting a shift from Anglo-centric models of Australian English, to one inclusive of the rich ethnocultural variation that defines modern Australia. She is the President of the @realASSTA and an Associate Editor of the Australian Journal of Linguistics @AusLingSoc. Welcome, Felicity! shorturl.at/nqRS6

What does linguistic inclusion mean today, as ever-increasing linguistic diversity clashes with the continued monolingual hegemony of English? Exciting 1-day workshop on Dec 14 @mqlinguistics - register now for free attendance languageonthemove.com/linguistic-inc…

Once again, our @MQLinguistics T&I Program and the GIIT at @SISUShanghai have held an online mock conference for their conference interpreting students. Participants joined in from Shanghai, Sydney, Melbourne and New York! Well done! The future of the profession is in good hands.

📢Just published! Our new paper looks at some of the processes people use to hear and be heard when (mis)communicating in noise 🗣️🔊Spoiler: adapt and coordinate! #CommunicationDifficulty #CommunicationBreakdowns nature.com/articles/s4159…

.@MQLinguistics Prof. Felicity Cox @felicitymcox is among the 2023 Academy Fellows of the Australian Academy of Humanities @HumanitiesAU humanities.org.au/news/announcin…

Universities are ditching language programs because we now have AI and auto-translate. Should you believe the hype? theconversation.com/your-united-st…

Jan-Louis Kruger (translation scholar) interviewed by Anthony Pym, with notes on cognitive translation research: youtube.com/watch?v=JH6icN…

Next @MQLinguistics Research Seminar Series speaker is Dr Joshua Penney on "Ladz in the hood: Features of Pasifika English in drill rappers from Western Sydney?" For more info on the research seminar series, please see mq.edu.au/about/about-th…

I am very pleased (and proud!) to share with you all that I have been promoted as full Professor of T&I Studies at @MQLinguistics (effective from Jan 1). Amazing end-of-year present! Thank you to the colleagues (they will recognise themselves) who supported me in the process!

The Language-on-the-Move team is inviting contributors to a workshop on Dec 14 @mqlinguistics addressing emerging languages, language technologies, and epistemic justice languageonthemove.com/cfp-conceptual…

I'm honoured to receive a 2023 Google Award for Inclusion alongside Dr Yvonne Tran! 🏆 We're developing sensor-fusion empowerment networks to make communicating more accessible in noisy environments. Making strides for a more accessible world! #GoogleAward #Accessibility #ECHOLab

.@MQLinguistics @MuHearing Prof Catherine McMahon & her team were awarded a Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) grant worth $744,026 to co-design a framework to reduce racism in the hearing health sector. Congratulations!

.@MQLinguistics ECHO Lab @kelly_m_miles & Yvonne Tran have won a prestigious @Google Award for Inclusion for their project designed to make communicating more accessible in noisy environments for people who use hearing devices. Congratulations!

Link to our paper in Australian Review of Applied Linguistics below: protect-au.mimecast.com/s/F-8GClx1OYUG… An analysis and discussion of issues with the nature of information about early intervention that is provided to parents of newly identified deaf children @MQLinguistics