Over decades of work in Australia, significant collections of language data have been amassed, including of varieties of Australian English, Australian migrant languages, Australian Indigenous languages, sign languages and others. These collections represent a trove of knowledge not only of language in Australia, but also of Australia’s social and cultural history. And yet, not all are well known and many lack published descriptions.

This workshop aimed to provide an opportunity to share information about existing language corpora in Australia. The workshop resulted in a special issue of the Australian Journal of Linguistics that introduces a selection of these corpora, explores how they can contribute to our understanding of language, society and history in Australia, and considers avenues that such corpora open up for future research.

Length: Full day

Leaders: Catherine Travis & Li Nguyen

Program: pdf with abstracts