Research in General Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, Phonetics and Sign Language at the Department of Linguistics

Research and graduate studies are two of the department’s main activities and our education at all levels is closely connected to ongoing research.

The five sections of the Department of Linguistics are specialized in different aspects of the human language. In General Linguistics, the main focus is on language typology, areal linguistics and child language development. The Phonetics section specializes in early speech development, speech production and perception as well as speech and language impairments. The Sign Language section explores the various aspects of sign language grammar and is presently building a comprehensive digital corpus of the Swedish Sign Language. The section Swedish as a Second Language for the Deaf is pursuing studies of second language learning of the deaf. In Computer Linguistics, the present focus is on information retrieval and machine translation.

Leading Research Areas

In 2007, the Department of Linguistics was appointed as a leading research area at Stockholm University. This appointment applies specifically to two of the department’s major research interests, early speech development and language typology, the latter encompassing the study of cross language patterns in grammar and lexicon.

General study plan for Doctoral studies in Linguistics (37 Kb)

Contact:
Sofia Gustafson Capková.
Telephone: +46 (0)8 16 34 88
E-mail: sofia@ling.su.se