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Website | https://scholars.latrobe.edu.au/l2gawne, https://laurengawne.com/ ![]() |
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Fields | Linguistics, language documentation, Tibeto-Burman languages, gesture, evidentiality ![]() |
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Lauren Gawne is a linguistics researcher and academic communicator, [1] [2] most known for her work on gesture and in the linguistics of emoji. [3]
Lauren Gawne was educated at the University of Melbourne, studying a BA in linguistics and art history [1] [4] and subsequently a linguistics PhD under the supervision of Barbara Kelly and Rachel Nordlinger which she received in 2013. [5]
After completing her PhD, Gawne worked at Nanyang Technological University and then the School of Oriental and African Studies. [1] [4] She subsequently took up fellowship in La Trobe University's department of languages and linguistics as a David Myers Research Fellow in 2017 and has worked there as a senior lecturer since 2019. [1] During 2017-19, she was also vice president of the Australian Linguistic Society [6] and was subsequently chair of the board of Living Languages in 2020. [7] She also co-chaired the Research Data Alliance linguistics data interest group, developing best practices for research data management and data citation in the discipline. [8] [9]
Her research focuses on evidentiality and gesture, particularly in Tibeto-Burman languages such as Yolmo. [4] [10] [11] She also researches the contemporary use of emojis [12] [13] and comments on the gestural elements of English speakers. [14]
She is additionally active in academic outreach via writing for The Big Issue, running a linguistics website, and running the Lingthusiasm podcast series, which she co-hosts with Gretchen McCulloch. [2] [15]
Lauren Gawne received the 2014 Talkey award from the Australian Linguistics Society for her work on academic outreach. [16]