Hello! I'm a PhD student in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UHM) My research interests are first and second language (L1 and L2) acqusition, sentence processing, experimental syntax, and psycholinguistics. I employ experimental methods to study how children and adult native and nonnative speakers acquire and process linguistic structures. My current research focuses on the L1 and L2 acquisition of negated disjunction, the real-time processing of control constructions, and the L1 development of scope assignment. 

I graduated with a BA in Korean Linguistics and Literature and English Linguistics and Literature, and received my MA in English Linguistics at Sogang University, South Korea, where I was advised by Dr. Sook Whan Cho. I was trained to use EEG/ERPs and eye-tracking and to analyze linguistic and behavioral data in the Seoul National University (SNU) Brain and Humanities Lab.

I'm currently a member of the Language Acquisition Research Group (LARG), the Experimental Approaches to Theoretical Syntax (EATS) lab, and the Quantitative Research Discussion Group (QUANT) at UHM. 

Contact: ylee8 at hawaii dot edu 

Last updated: May 6, 2024