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Humanities’ cuts pose existential threat to Australia’s capabilities

Editor's note: The Australian Academy of the Humanities (AAH) has released a media statement expressing deep concern over proposed cuts to the humanities and social sciences at the Australian National…

Language on the MoveJuly 10, 2025

News Next Gen Literacies

Shanghai Magnolia Pujiang Talent Program Success

Isabella's Award Certificate (Image credit: Yixi Qiu) Congratulations to Language-on-the-Move team member Dr Yixi Qiu (Isabella) for winning an award under the Shanghai Magnolia Pujiang Talent Program (上海白玉兰浦江人才计划) for her…

Ingrid PillerJuly 7, 2025

Language and law

Making linguistic diversity visible in parliament

The material and linguistic representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in parliaments can be important against a history of exclusion. Similarly, this new mural at my workplace by…

Alexandra GreyJuly 1, 2025

Chats in Linguistic Diversity

Improving quality of care for patients with limited English

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Brynn Quick speaks with Dr. Leah Karliner. Dr. Karliner is Professor in Residence in the Division of General Internal Medicine,…

Brynn QuickJune 26, 2025

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Intercultural communication

Chinese in Qatar

Is Chinese becoming a major linguistic player in Qatar? In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Tazin Abdullah speaks with Dr. Sara Hillman, Associate Professor of Applied…

Tazin AbdullahJune 19, 2025

Multilingual families

Children of migrant Deaf adults

Graduation (Image credit: Emily Pacheco) During my Master of Research (MRes) studies, whenever I met someone new, they would often enquire about what I was doing for my thesis. When…

Emily PachecoJune 16, 2025

Chats in Linguistic Diversity

Accents, complex identities, and politics

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Brynn Quick speaks with Dr. Nicole Holliday. Dr. Holliday is a sociophonetician and Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University…

Brynn QuickJune 12, 2025

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Next Gen Literacies

Is beach safety signage fit for purpose?

We often take the meaning of signs for granted but that's far from the case in a linguistically and culturally diverse society. The instruction to "Swim between the flags!", for…

Agnes BodisJune 5, 2025

Language and law

Legal Corpus Linguistics

LLIRN members Dr Alexandra Grey, Dr Adrian Hemler and PhD Candidate Emma Genovese at UTS for Adrian’s seminar (Image credit: Alexandra Grey) This April we celebrated the 6th birthday of…

Alexandra GreyMay 31, 2025

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Research participants needed to evaluate multilingual online communications

If you are proficient in one or more languages other than English, please help me investigate how linguistically diverse Australians find information about support services for domestic violence online. The…

Tazin AbdullahMay 27, 2025

Language and law

How Judges Think About Language

(Image credit: Scott Graham on Unsplash) Judges are masters of applying the law, but how well do they truly understand the language they use? During a judgment-writing course in my…

Allegra Holmes à CourtMay 20, 2025

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Hiring a dream team in linguistic diversity and social participation

Thanks to the award of an Alexander-von-Humboldt-Professorship to Ingrid Piller we are hiring a dream team of doctoral and postdoctoral fellows to conduct research related to “Linguistic Diversity and Social…

Ingrid PillerMay 12, 2025

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Alexander-von-Humboldt-Professorship Awards 2025

Dear Language-on-the-Move Community, It is with immense gratitude and excitement that I write this special news item about a recent career development: I’ve been awarded an Alexander-von-Humboldt Professorship to head…

Ingrid PillerMay 7, 2025

Language and law

What’s new in Language and Law in Education and Training

The Law and Linguistics Interdisciplinary Researchers’ Network (LLIRN) came into being in 2019, after an initial symposium involving a group of academics and students, mainly from Australian universities, whose research is interested…

Laura Smith-KhanMay 2, 2025

Chats in Linguistic Diversity

The case for ASL Instruction for Hearing Heritage Signers

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Emily Pacheco speaks with Associate Professor Su Kyong Isakson (Community College of Baltimore County, USA) about her 2018 paper, The…

Emily PachecoApril 28, 2025

Chats in Linguistic Diversity Next Gen Literacies

Researching Language and Digital Communication

Brynn Quick speaks with Dr Christian Ilbury about his new book, Researching Language and Digital Communication: A Student Guide, published by Routledge. The book is an introduction to research on…

Brynn QuickApril 22, 2025

Humanities’ cuts pose existential threat to Australia’s capabilities

Shanghai Magnolia Pujiang Talent Program Success

Making linguistic diversity visible in parliament

Chinese in Qatar

Children of migrant Deaf adults

Accents, complex identities, and politics

Is beach safety signage fit for purpose?

Legal Corpus Linguistics

Research participants needed to evaluate multilingual online communications

How Judges Think About Language

Hiring a dream team in linguistic diversity and social participation

Alexander-von-Humboldt-Professorship Awards 2025

What’s new in Language and Law in Education and Training

The case for ASL Instruction for Hearing Heritage Signers

Researching Language and Digital Communication

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