This section is still under construction!!
I received my PhD in Linguistics from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, back in 2015. Since then I've been teaching at Pukyong National University in Busan, South Korea. Every semester I normally teach two graduate courses (Syntax & Education) and one undergraduate course (English Grammar). I also teach an undergraduate syntax course, English Syntax, every other semester at Pusan National University, Busan, South Korea ('Pusan' is the old romanization for the current 'Busan').
My primary research areas include (but are not limited to) theoretical syntax ('Minimalism', to be precise) and application of the proposed mechanisms to empirical data observed in Korean and Japanese to seek (more) principled answers to the questions such as:
I initiated and have been working on a mutual intellectual exchange between Korean and Japanese syntacticians. We will be having our very first meeting at Fukuoka University, Japan, in December, 2018. The two organizations involved are the Fukuoka Linguistic Circle (FLC) of Kyushu, Japan, and the Neogrammar Research Group (NRG) of Busan, South Korea.
Outside of research, I'm deeply interested in Philosophy of Mind, a branch of philosophy that concerns the (long-stadning) Mind-Body problem. I'm particularly interested in J. Searle's arguments for non-reductive physicalism and C. McGinn's (new) mysterianism.
To connect with me, you can either
I received my PhD in Linguistics from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, back in 2015. Since then I've been teaching at Pukyong National University in Busan, South Korea. Every semester I normally teach two graduate courses (Syntax & Education) and one undergraduate course (English Grammar). I also teach an undergraduate syntax course, English Syntax, every other semester at Pusan National University, Busan, South Korea ('Pusan' is the old romanization for the current 'Busan').
My primary research areas include (but are not limited to) theoretical syntax ('Minimalism', to be precise) and application of the proposed mechanisms to empirical data observed in Korean and Japanese to seek (more) principled answers to the questions such as:
- What roles do the nominal particles in Korean (e.g. '-un/nun', '-ul/lul', '-i/ka') play in creation of Information Structure and what is the exact structure of an NP with such a particle attached?
- Why is the (apparent) object of psych verbs (e.g. cohta 'to like') marked with Nom Case (not with Acc as observed in other objects)?
- What allows Case alternation (between Nom and Acc) of the object in the Korean ECM?
I initiated and have been working on a mutual intellectual exchange between Korean and Japanese syntacticians. We will be having our very first meeting at Fukuoka University, Japan, in December, 2018. The two organizations involved are the Fukuoka Linguistic Circle (FLC) of Kyushu, Japan, and the Neogrammar Research Group (NRG) of Busan, South Korea.
Outside of research, I'm deeply interested in Philosophy of Mind, a branch of philosophy that concerns the (long-stadning) Mind-Body problem. I'm particularly interested in J. Searle's arguments for non-reductive physicalism and C. McGinn's (new) mysterianism.
To connect with me, you can either
- click the "Contact" menu at the top right of this page,
- click the envelope-looking little button at the right upper corner of this page, or
- just write me an email at [email protected].