Welcome to IRIS

IRIS is a free and public resource. It is a collection of instruments, materials, stimuli, data, and data coding and analysis tools used for research into languages, including first, second, and beyond, and signed language learning, multilingualism, language education, language use, and language processing. It also holds postprints of journal articles and book chapters of the above research.

Materials are freely accessible and searchable, easy to download (for use) and to upload (for contributions that meet the eligibility criteria).

About IRIS

IRIS is a collection of instruments, materials, stimuli, data, and data coding and analysis tools used for research into languages, including first, second, and beyond, and signed language learning, multilingualism, language education, language use, and language processing. Materials are freely accessible and searchable, easy to upload (for contributions) and download (for use).

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IRIS Team

Project Directors

Project Administrator

Junlan Pan

Advisory Group

IRIS was founded in 2011, by Emma Marsden and Alison Mackey.