Research
Research Interests
(Socio)-cognitive and neurophysiological aspects of language comprehension, production and learning
Cognitive mechanisms of sentence processing in first (L1) and second language (L2)
(Second) Language Acquisition
Bilingualism/ Multilingualism
Research Grants & Awards
Grant ($ 505,000 HKD), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Project title: “English speech prosody usage in statements and questions by ASD and TD children and robots development in improving acquisition of English speech prosody”. Role: Co-investigator (2020)
Grant (₩ 49,500,000), National Research Foundation of Korea, Project title: “The relationship of CEO message characteristics and R&D investment decision: the use of content analysis and semantic network analysis”. Role: Co-investigator (2019)
CLAS Dissertation Grant ($15,000 USD), University of Florida, Role: Principal Investigator. Undergraduate Scholarship Program Mentoring Grant ($500 USD), University of Florida, Project title: The effect of parsing preference on cognitive adaptation. Role: Principal Investigator (2017)
Dissertation Grant ($2,000 USD), Language Learning, Project title: “The role of prediction in adaptation: An evaluation of error-based learning accounts”. Role: Principal Investigator (2017)
Outstanding Achievement Certificate, University of Florida (2017)
Graduate Student Mentoring Award, University of Florida (2017)
Publications (Peer-reviewed):
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Kim, H., & Chun, E. (2022). Effects of Topicality in the Interpretation of Implicit Consequentiality: Evidence from Offline and Online Referential Processing in Korean. Linguistics
Chun, E., & Kaan, E. (2022). The effects of speaker accent on syntactic priming in second-language learners. Second Language Research. DOI: 10.1177/0267658320926563
Hong, Y., Zhou, F., Chen, Si., Chan, A. W. S., Tang, T. P. Y., Chun, E., Li, B., Choi, P., Ng, C., Cheng, F., & Gou, X. (2022). Phonetic entrainment of Cantonese-speaking children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 121(4), A274-A274. DOI:10.1121/10.0011314
Chun, E., Chen, S., Liu, S., & Chan, A. (2021). Influence of syntactic complexity on second language prediction. In: Kaan E. & Grüter T. (Eds.) Prediction in Second Language Processing and Learning, Volume 12. 70-89. DOI: 10.1075/bpa.12.04chu
Zhou, F., Chen, S., Li, B., Chan, W. S. A., Tang, P. Y., Chun, E., Choi, P., Ng, C., Cheng, F., & Gou, X. (2021). Prosodic Marking of Focus in Cantonese-speaking Children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder. In Linguistik International. Bern, Switzerland: Peter Lang D. In In Linguistik International. Bern, Switzerland: Peter Lang D.
Chen, S., Li, B., Zhou, F., Chan, A. W. S., Tang, T. P. Y., Chun, E., Choi, P., Ng, C., Cheng, F., & Gou, X. (2020). Effects of speech and sung speech training on speech prosody production by trilingual children with autism spectrum disorder. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 148(4), 2469-2469. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.5146830
Chun, E. (2020). L2 prediction guided by linguistic experience. English Teaching. 75 (s1), 79-103. DOI: 10.15858/engtea.75.s1.202006.79
Chun, E., & Kaan, E. (2019). L2 prediction during complex sentence processing. Journal of Cultural Cognitive Science. 1-14. DOI: 10.1007/s41809-019-00038-0
Kaan, E., & Chun, E. (2018). Syntactic Adaptation. In: Federmeier K. & Watson D. (Eds.) Psychology of Learning and Motivation, Volume 68. 85-116. DOI: 10.1016/bs.plm.2018.08.003
Hwang, H., & Chun, E. (2018). Influence of social perception and social monitoring on structural priming. Cognitive Science, 1-11. DOI: 10.1111/cogs.12604
Kaan, E., & Chun, E. (2018). Priming and adaptation in native speakers and second-language learners. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 21(2), 1-15. DOI: 10.1017/s1366728916001231
Chun, E., Barrow, J., & Kaan, E. (2016). Native English speakers’ structural alignment with foreign-accented speech. Linguistics Vanguard, 2(s1). DOI: 10.1515/lingvan-2016-0027
Chun, E., Choi, S., & Kim. J. (2012). The effect of extensive reading and pair-associate learning on long-term vocabulary retention: An event-related potential study, Neuroscience Letters, 521, 125-129. DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2012.05.069
Conference Presentations
Chun, E. (2020). The influence of syntactic complexity on L2 prediction. Poster presented at the 33rd CUNY Conference, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, March 19-21, 2020.
Chun, E., Liu, S., & Chen, S. (2020). L2 Syntactic Adaptation in Comprehension: Evidence for Implicit learning. Poster presented at the 33rd CUNY Conference, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, March 19-21, 2020.
Tozian, M., Chun, E., Lin, K., & Kaan, E. (2019). Does syntactic ambiguity resolution affect inhibition in a flanker task? Poster presented at the 5th Annual Florida Psycholinguistics Meeting, University of Miami, Miami, October 5, 2019.
Chun, E., Daniels, J., Tozian, M., & Kaan, E. (2019). The effect of linguistic bias on prediction over time. Poster presented at the 25th Architectures and Mechanisms of Language Processing Conference, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, September 6-8, 2019.
Chen, S., Chun, E., Li, B., & Yang, Y. (2019). Perturbation effects in Chongming Chinese with and without focus. Hanyang International Symposium on Phonetics and Cognitive Sciences of Language, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea, May 24-25, 2019.
Chun, E., Daniels, J., Zhao, C., & Kaan, E. (2019). L2 learners can predict during complex sentence processing. Poster presented at the 32nd CUNY Conference, University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado, March 29-31, 2019.
Chun, E., Daniels, J., Tozian, M., Hernandez, J., Zhao, C., & Kaan, E. (2018). Individual Differences in L2 Prediction and Adaptation during Complex Sentence Processing. Poster presented at the 4th Annual Florida Psycholinguistics Meeting, University of South Florida, Tampa, October 13, 2018.
Daniels, J., Kaan, E., & Chun, E., (2018). Implicit attitudes toward Spanish and Chinese accents in English. Poster presented at the 4th Annual Florida Psycholinguistics Meeting, University of South Florida, Tampa, October 13, 2018.
Chun, E., Daniels, J., Klingensmith, H., & Kaan, E. (2018). The direct relationship between prediction and adaptation. Poster presented at the 31st CUNY Conference, University of California, Davis, California, March 15-17, 2018.
Chun, E., Daniels, J., Klingensmith, H., & Kaan, E. (2017). The relationship between prediction and adaptation: An evaluation of error-based implicit learning. Poster presented at the 3rd Florida Psycholinguistics Meeting, University of Florida, Gainesville, October 21, 2017.
Klingensmith, H., Chun, E., & Kaan, E. (2017). The effect of parsing preference on conflict adaptation. Poster presented at the 3rd Florida Psycholinguistics Meeting, University of Florida, Gainesville, October 21, 2017.
Chun, E., Barrow, J., & Kaan, E. (2016) Structural alignment affected by the familiarity with the talker’s accent. Poster presented at the 2nd Florida Psycholinguistics Meeting, Florida Atlantic University, Davie, October 15, 2016.
Chun, E., Barrow, J., & Kaan, E. (2016) Korean L2 learners' structural priming mediated by speakers with different English accents. Poster presented at the 29th CUNY conference, University of Florida, Gainesville, March 3-5, 2016.
Chun, E., Barrow, J., & Kaan, E. (2016) Native English speakers' structural alignment with foreign-accented speech. Poster presented at the 29th CUNY conference, University of Florida, Gainesville, March 3-5, 2016.
Feroce, N., Aziz, P., Chun, E., & Kaan, E. (2016) L2 learners need more time to predict. Talk presented at the 29th CUNY conference, University of Florida, Gainesville, March 3-5, 2016.
Chun, E., Hinrichs, M., & Kaan, E. (2015) Lack of adaptation in L2 English? Poster presented at the Second Language Research Forum (SLRF), Georgia State University, Atlanta, October 29-31, 2015.
Chun, E., Barrow, J., & Kaan, E. (2015) Syntactic alignment of Korean learners of English with the accents of different English speakers, Poster presented at the 1st Florida Psycholinguistics Meeting, Florida State University, Tallahassee, October 24, 2015.
Aziz, P., Feroce, N., Chun, E., Lee, A., & Kaan, E. (2015) Predictive Processing in semantically constraining sentences: An ERP study on Native and L2 speakers, Poster presented at the 1st Florida Psycholinguistics Meeting, Florida State University, Tallahassee, October 24, 2015.