Research projects

Learn about the School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies’ ongoing research projects.

The School houses two internationally renowned research centres and several grant-funded research projects, many of which contain significant databases. We welcome research collaborations as well as postgraduate students in these areas.

Our research centres are:

• Deaf Studies Research Unit, and
• New Zealand Dictionary Centre.

Our ongoing research projects are:

• Corpus Linguistics
• Documentation of Nkep (Northern Vanuatu)
• Language in the Trades
• Language in the Workplace
• Languages, experiences, and ideologies of the Ukrainian war

Research resources

Over the years the school has developed a number of research resources.

Research Bank NCEA Level 3This Research Bank is provided for secondary school students researching NZE. From time to time new resources may be added.

• pdf2MBStudent Workbook
• pdf1.20MBTeachers' Guide

I A Gordon Trust Fund

In addition, the School manages the I A Gordon Trust Fund which supports the study of Linguistics and English Language at Victoria University of Wellington.