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):


  • 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.