Body, Language and Socialisation across Cultures

该项目旨在促进人们如何学习语言的理解，并在此过程中融入特定的文化和社区。为此，它将汇集一个由该领域领先专家组成的国际团队，并以新的方式关注语言和符号与各种文化中其他身体形式的交流的相互作用。预期成果包括增进对多模式通信和语言社会化的理解，以及提高澳大利亚在这些领域的研究能力。这将带来重大的实际利益，提高澳大利亚适应文化多样性的能力，并抵消其在学校和日常生活中的不利因素。

This project aims to advance the understanding of how people learn languages, and in the process become socialized into particular cultures and communities. To that end, it will bring together an international team of leading experts in the field, and focus in new ways on the interplay of speech and sign with other bodily forms of communication in a wide variety of cultures. Expected outcomes include improved understanding of multimodal communication and language socialization, and enhancement of Australian research capacity in these fields. This should lead to significant practical benefits, improving Australia's ability to adapt to cultural diversity and to counteract its disadvantages in schools and everyday life.