Research area 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.

The research conducted at the Department of Linguistics covers a wide variety of subjects which also reflects the diverse nature of our discipline. We strive to have a dynamic research environment with several laboratories and collaborations across subject boundaries. The research at our department is conducted within the subjects of child language development, computational linguistics, general linguistics, and phonetics.

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.

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.

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.

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.