Research

Publications

Monographs

1. The Comparative Syntax of Korean and Japanese, co-authored with Yutaka Sato. In Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax. Oxford University Press. 2024. (368 pages)

2. Korean: A Linguistic Introduction, co-authored with John Whitman. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020. (343 pages)

3. Curriculum Development and Assessment Guidelines for the National Standards Project, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018. (178 pages)

4. On Verbal Intransitivity in Korean: With Special Reference to Middle Constructions. Seoul: Hanshin Publishing Company, 1995. (190 pages)

Edited Books

1. The Cambridge Handbook of Korean Linguistics (Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics Series), co-edited with John Whitman. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022. (875 pages)

(Reviewed by Hee-Rahk Chae, Language 99.4, 844-850 (2023))

2. Studies in Korean Linguistics and Language Pedagogy: Festschrift for Ho-min Sohn. co-edited with Sung-Ock Sohn and Seok-Hoon You. Seoul: Korea University Press, 2013. (616 pages) 

3. Inquiries into Korean Linguistics III. co-edited with John Whitman, et al. Seoul: Hankook Publishing Company, 2008. (570 pages)

Language Textbooks

1. Standards-Based Integrated Korean: High Advanced I. co-authored with Hee Chung Chun, Ji-Young Jung, Kijoo Ko, Hyo Sang Lee and Hye-sook Wang. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2024.

2. Standards-Based Integrated Korean: High Advanced II. co-authored with Hee Chung Chun, Ji-Young Jung, Kijoo Ko, Hyo Sang Lee and Hye-sook Wang. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2024.

3. Integrated Korean: High Advanced I. co-authored with Hyosang Lee and Hye-sook Wang. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2005. (265 pages)

4. Integrated Korean: High Advanced II. co-authored with Hyosang Lee and Hye-sook Wang. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2005. (281 pages)

Book Manuscripts under Contract

1. Korean: A Language Pedagogy. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. Expected publication in 2024.

2. Korean Syntax, co-authored with Donna Gerdts and John Whitman. Cambridge University Press. Expected publication in 2025.

3. Korean Honorifics, co-authored with Miok Pak. Cambridge University Press. In Preparation. 2026.

4. Areal and Diachronic Typology of Northeast Asian Languages, co-authored with Andrej Malchukov and John Whitman. Oxford University Press. In Preparation.

Referred Journal Articles and Book Chapters

2022 “Politeness Strategies in Korean” in The Cambridge Handbook of Korean Linguistics (Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics Series), co-edited by Sungdai Cho and John Whitman, 105-132. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

2022 “Introduction” in The Cambridge Handbook of Korean Linguistics (Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics Series), co-edited by Sungdai Cho and John Whitman. 1-16. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

2020 “The Transitivization/Detransitivization Profile of Japanese and Korean”, Japanese/Korean Linguistics Journal. CSLI, Stanford University Press.

2018 “Doubling Phenomena of Causative and Passive Constructions.” Journal of Studies in Korean Linguistics 47:71-100.

2015 “Korean Studies Program: State University of New York at Binghamton.” In Narrative History of Korean Programs in US Colleges and Universities, ed. Hye-Sook Wang, 171-180. Seoul, Korea University Press.

2013 “Passivization of Transitive Verbal Nouns in Korean: Factors that Facilitate Passivization in the VN-cwung construction,” co-authored with Yutaka Sato. Language Research 49-3:803-828.

2013 “Collaborative Writing Planning with Concept Maps,” co-authored with Yongjin Lee. In Studies in Korean Linguistics and Language Pedagogy: Festschrift for Ho-min Sohn, ed. Sungdai Cho, Sung-Ock Sohn and Seok-Hoon You, 241-253. Seoul, Korea University Press.

2012 “Standards for Korean Foreign Language Learning in the 21st Century.” A Collaborative Project of the Korean National Standards Task Force and the American Association of Teachers of Korean, 519-570. Allen Press Inc. Lawrence, KS.

2010 “Using Concept Map Prewriting Strategies in Korean Writing Classes,” co-authored with Yongjin Lee. The Korean Language in America: Journal of the AATK 15:46-61.

2010 “National Standard: Effective Assessment Tool for Performance-Based Learning.” (Based on Keynote Address at the conference) International Association of Korean Language Education. Toward a New Perspective on Grammar Teaching in Korean Language Education, 387-399.

2010 “Cleft Constructions in Japanese and Korean,” co-authored with Y. Yanagida and J. Whitman. Chicago Linguistic Society 44-1:61-77.

2008 “Silent Structure in wh-in-situ Languages: Sluicing.” Harvard International Studies of Korean Linguistics (ISOKL) 12:318-331.

2006 “Linguistic Structures of Korean.” In Korean Language in Culture and Society, ed. Ho-min Sohn, 236-248. Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press.

2006 “Linguistics and Language Teaching: Connection and Challenge.” In Inquiries into Korean Linguistics II, ed. W. O’Grady, 59-70. Seoul, Taehaksa.

2006 “Korean as a World Language,” co-authored with I. Chung and M. Peterson. Journal of AATK 11:1-16.

2004 “Oral Proficiency Interview: Pros and Cons.” Journal of AATK. 9:144-151.

2001 “Metonymic Process of Causative Constructions.” Harvard ISOKL 9:35-45.

2000 “Teaching Korean in the US: Methodology and Institution Concerns.” Journal of AATK 4:77-94.

1999 “Distinction of Unaccusative and Unergartive.” Harvard ISOKL 8:266-79.

1999 “Review for Korean Textbooks for English Speakers: Grammar, Culture and Task/Function.” Journal of AATK 3:297-307.

1998 “Putative Korean Middle Constructions.” Harvard ISOKL 7:266-98.

1998 “Passive and middle constructions in Korean.” Korean Linguistics. Journal of the International Circle of Korean Linguistics 9:151-190.

1993 “On the potential middle constructions in Korean (Revised Version).” Language Research 29:443-477.

Referred Conference Proceedings

2020 “Linguistic and Cultural Differences in the East and the West”, Invited Speaker for the 6th World Humanities Forum by UNESCO and Department of Education in Korea, Kyungju, Korea. November 19 – November 21, 2020.

2020 “Challenging Issues in Linguistics and Language Pedagogy”, Invited Speaker for 2020 Jeonju International Biennial Conference of Korean Studies. Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, Korea. November 11 – November 14, 2020.

2020 “Korean at the Nexus of Northeast Asian Linguistic Area: Cambridge Series in Korean Linguistics”, Invited Speaker for 10th World Congress of Korean Studies at Academy of Korean Studies, Korea. October 22 – October 23, 2020, 172-178.

2017 “Doubling Phenomena of Causative and Passive Constructions,” 20th ICKL (International Circle of Korean Linguistics) Conference. University of Helsinki. Finland.

2017 “Impact of National Standards in Korean Language Pedagogy,” 28th AKSE (Association of Korean Studies in Europe) Conference. Charles University, Prague, Czech.

1998 “An Optimality-Theoretic Account of Korean Nominal Inflection.” 11th International Conference on Korean Linguistics, 20-32. University of Hawaii at Manoa.

1992 “Korean periphrastic causatives as a verb incorporation.” Seoul International Conference on Linguistics, 595-606.

1991 “On the potential middle constructions in Korean.” Working Papers in Linguistics 23:45-72. University of Hawaii at Manoa.