HYUNJUNG LEE

(she/her)

Research Interests

Movement (Asymmetries between Leftward and Rightward Movements, Scrambling, Extraposition)

Distributions on Obligatory Control (OC) versus Non OC and its licensing condition (with Mike Berger)

Locality Constraint on Suppletive Allomorph in Distributed Morphology (with Irene Amato)

Natural Language Processing using Deep Neural Networks for Spoken Language Understanding (with Guanghao Xu)

Papers

in collection

Aug. 2021

Lee, H. & Berger. M. (2021) On the obligatory versus no control split in Korean. Non-canonical Control in a Cross-linguistic Perspective. 107-135. (Eds) Anne Mucha, Jutta M. Hartmann and Beata Trawiński. [pdf]

Dec. 2018 

Lee, H. & Amato, I. (2018) A Hybrid Locality Constraint on Allomorph. Snippet. Issue 34 – Special issue on Non-local Contextual Allomorphy [pdf]

Dec. 2016

Lee, H, Lee, J & Koo, M.-W. (2016) A Novel Framework for User Intent Detect. The Institute of Electronics and Engineers computer information society, Seoul section. [Outstanding Prize][pdf]

in proceedings

Dec.2022

Driemel, I. & Lee, H. Pseudo-incorporation vs. Differential Argument Marking in Korean. In Proceedings of GLOW in Asia XIII.  [lingbuzz/006855]

Feb. 2019

Lee, H. & Amato, I.  (2019) Locality Constraint Gives an Insight into Suppletion. In Proceedings of the Conference of the Student Organisation of Linguistics in Europe. [pdf]

Nov. 2017

Lee, H. & Barrie, M. (2017) Complementizer Allomorphy in Busan Korean. In Proceedings of GLOW in Asia XI. MIT Working Papers in Linguistics. MIT Working Papers in Linguistics, Cambridge: MA.[pdf]

Aug. 2017

Lee, H. (2017) Phasal Spell Out and Prosodic Domain. In Proceedings of 19th Seoul International Conference on Generative Grammar. The Korean Generative Grammar Cirlcle.

Feb. 2017

Xu, G. & Lee, H. (2017) Convolutional Neural Network using a Threshold Predictor for Multi-domain Dialogue. In Proceedings of 2017 IEEE International Conference on Big Data and Smart Computing (BigComp). [pdf]

peer-reviewed 

Aug. 2017

Xu, G., Lee, H., Koo, M.-W. & Seo, J. (2017) Retrieving Dialogue Distory in Deep Neural Networks for Spoken Language Understanding. Advances in Science, Technology and Engineering Systems Journal. [pdf]

Dec. 2015  

Lee, Y.-I., Lee, H., Koo, M.-W. & Cho, S.-W. (2015) Korean Semantic Similarity Measures for the Vector Space Models. Journal of the Korean society of speech sciences. Vol(7)4. [pdf]

Dec. 2015  

Yang, H., Lee, Y.-I., Lee, H., Cho, S.-W., & Koo, M.-W.. (2015) A Study on Word Vector Models for Representing Korean Semantic Information. Journal of the Korean society of speech Sciences. Vol(7)4. [pdf]

manuscripts/in prep

May. 2020

Reconstruction effects for Binding and Anti-Locality. Ms. Universität Leipzig. [pdf]

Sep. 2019

Xu, G., Lee, H., Koo, M.-W.. & Seo, J. (in prep.) Optimizing Policy via Deep Reinforcement Learning for Dialogue Management. Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics.[pdf]

Feb. 2019

Born to be gradient: a case study from compound tensing in Korean. Ms. Universität Leipzig. [pdf]

Jul. 2018

Xu, G. & Lee, H. Toward Multi-lingual Natural Language Understanding Using Deep Neural Networks. Ms. Sogang University. [pdf]

Presentations

peer-reviewed 

Aug. 2022

[with Imke Driemel] Pseudo-incorporation vs. Differential Argument Marking in Korean. GLOW in Asia XIII. Chinese University of Hong Kong. [pdf]

May. 2019

[with Daniel Gleim] Fairies land only at midnight: on Laryngeal Sonorant/Vowel Roots in Korean. The 27th Manchester Phonology Meeting. [pdf]

May. 2019 

Innate Activity: Gradience in Korean Compound Tensing. The 42 Generative Linguistics in the Old World (GLOW) conference (Workshop 2, "Rules and Learning Strategies in the Acquisition of Signed and Spoken Phonologies.") in Oslo, Norway [pdf]

Mar. 2019 

[with Mike Berger] Control is Agree: an Evidence from Korean. The 41st Annual Meeting of the DGfS (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sprachwissenschaft) in Bremen, Germany. [pdf]

Jan. 2019 

Born to Be Gradient: Predicting exceptions of Compound Tensing in Korean. The 16th Old World Conference on Phonology (OCP XVI) in Verona, Italy.[pdf]

Jan. 2019 

[with Daniel Gleim] The Short Life Span of Laryngeal Sonorants in Korean. The 16th Old World Conference on Phonology (OCP XVI) in Verona, Italy. [pdf]

​Nov. 2018 

[with Imke Driemel] Pseudo-noun incorporation in Korean, Nominals at the Interfaces in Seoul, South Korea. [pdf]

Oct. 2018

[with Gereon Müller] Asymmetries in Long-Distance Dependencies: A View from Gradient Harmonic Grammar. Workshop: Long-distance dependencies in Berlin, Germany. [pdf]

May. 2018 

Predicting Exceptionality of Sai-siot in Gradient Harmonic Grammar. The 1st Conference on Pokémonastics in Tokyo,  Japan.

Mar. 2018    

Asymmetry on left- and right-ward movement. The 40th Annual Meeting of the DGfS (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sprachwissenschaft) in Stuttgart, Germany. [pdf]

Feb. 2018

[with Irene Amato] Locality Constraint Gives an Insight to Suppletion. The 26th Conference of the Student Organization of Linguistics in Europe (ConSOLE XXVI) at  University College London, England. [pdf]

Jan. 2018    

[with Guanghao Xu] Optimizing Policy via Deep Reinforcement Learning for Dialogue Management. IEEE International Conference on Big Data and Smart Computing (BigComp) in Shanghai, China. [pdf]

Nov. 2017    

[with Irene Amato] Suppletion under a locality constraint: an evidence from Korean. The 14th Conference on Typology and Grammar for Young Scholars at Institute for Linguistic Studies RAS, Russia. 

Jun. 2017

Tone Melody in Busan Korean Revisited. The 20th Biennial Meeting of the International Circle of Korean Linguistics (ICKL20) at University of Helsinki, Finland.

Feb. 2017

[with Michael Barrie] Complementizer Allomorphy in Busan Korean. Generative Linguistics in the GLOW in Asia XI at National University of Singapore, Singapore. 

Feb. 2017 

[with Guangho Xu] Convolutional Neural Network using a Threshold Predictor for Multi-label Speech Act Classification, 2017 IEEE International Conference on Big Data and Smart Computing (BigComp) in Jeju, Korea. 

Jan. 2017

Complementizer Agreement in Busan Korean. The 25th Conference of the Student Organization of Linguistics in Europe (ConSOLE XXV) at Universität Leipzig, Germany.

Nov. 2016

[with Jeongpil Lee and Myoung-Wan Koo] A Study on User Intent Detect in the Wordpiece Model. 2016 International Conference on Speech Sciences (ICSS) at Seoul National University, Korea.

Aug. 2016    

The Left Periphery in Busan Korean Interrogatives. The 18th Seoul International Conference on Generative Grammar (SICOGG) in Sogang University, Korea. 

Jun. 2016   

The Interrogative Complementizer and Distributed Morphology in Busan Korean. Workshop on Syntax, Semantics and Phonology (WoSSP) at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain.

May. 2016  

A Study on Dialog Act for Representing Korean Semantic Information. International Conference on Cognitive Science (ICCS) at Seoul National University, Korea. 

Dec. 2015   

The Distribution of Complementizer in South Kyungsang Korean. English Language & Literature Association of Korea (ELLAK) International Conference in Busan, Korea. 

Nov. 2015  

A study on Word Vector Model for Representing Korean Semantic Information. Korean Society of Speech Science (KSSS) International Conference at Ehwa Womans University, Korea.

non-refereed talkes

May. 2020

Counter-bleeding effects: index valuation and movement. Opacity Symposium at Universität Leipzig, Germany.

Apr. 2018

[with Irene Amato] Optional Removal in Korean: A New Insight on Free Variation. Workshop on Shrinking Trees in Morphology at Universität Leipzig, Germany.

Apart from my interests in Linguistics,

I am also passionate about fighting racism (especially anti-Asian racism in Europe) and sexism, organizing women's empowerment workshops, and facilitating structural discourse on these issues. I am particularly involved in: