Stockholm university
Department of Linguistics

Research subjects

The Department of Linguistics offers a dynamic and interdisciplinary research environment. Our research is conducted within two main areas: Linguistics and Sign Language.

The area of Linguistics includes four research subjects: child language development, computational linguistics, general linguistics and phonetics. The area of Sign Language includes the research subjects multilingualism in the deaf and hard of hearing and sign language linguistics.

Research

Our research areas

Chico the robot on a visit in the Phonetics Laboratory. Photo by Lisa Gustavsson

Linguistics

Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. At the Department of Linguistics, we study human linguistic communication in its entirety: structurally, interactively, pragmatically, neurologically and developmentally.

Recording of the sign language dictionary. Photo by Lena Katarina Johansson

Sign Language

We research sign language in general and Swedish Sign Language (SSL) in particular. We also examine various aspects of the multilingualism and language learning of the deaf and hard of hearing.

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Child language development

Research in child language development examine how human beings acquire language. Our research questions focus on multimodal parent-child communication, features of child-directed speech, and the relationship between perception and production.

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Computational linguistics

Computational linguistics bridges the gap between linguistics and computer science, focusing on developing techniques to understand and analyze human language. This field facilitates the development of applications such as automatic translation, speech recognition, and text analysis, advancing language processing in the digital age.

Deltagare i forskningsstudie i Kashmir presenterar data. Foto: Henrik Liljegren

General linguistics

General linguistics is the general study of the structure of languages and linguistic communication. Our research has a main focus on linguistic diversity and psycho- and neurolinguistics.

Couple communicating in sign language. Photo by Mostphotos

Multilingualism in the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Research in this field concerns language use and language learning from a multilingual perspective. A key issue is what it means to learn a new language expressed in a different modality.

Phonetics researchers at SUBIC lab. Photo by Jens Olof Lasthein

Phonetics

Phonetics is about speech communication, that is, how humans create and perceive sounds, speech, and conversation. Stockholm University’s experimental phonetics research is carried out at the Phonetics Laboratory.

Recording of Sign Language Corpora. Photo by Lena Katarina Johansson

Sign language linguistics

In sign language linguistics, we explore the structure of signed languages ​​around the world. We also produce language resources such as corpora and dictionaries for the Swedish sign language (STS).