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Hayeun Jang [haːjʌn d͡ʒaŋ]

Linguist

Education

Ph.D. in Linguistics

University of Southern California
2014 – 2020

M.A. in Linguistics

University of Southern California
2014 – 2016

Ph.D. student in Linguistics

Seoul National University
2011 – 2014

M.A. in Linguistics

Seoul National University
2008 – 2011

B.A. in Linguistics (major) and Journalism (minor)

Seoul National University
2005 – 2008

Languages

  • Korean (Native)
  • English (Professional)
  • Praat, Python, R (Professional)
  • Matlab (Good)

Research Interests

Phonetics-phonology interface, articulatory synergies and phonological representation, experimental phonetics and phonology, computational phonology, register-specific phonology (phonological strategies for cuteness and Korean Aegyo)

Experiences

Assistant Professor

2024.03 -
Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea

Department of English Language and Literature

Assistant Professor

2021.03 - 2024.02
Busan University of Foreign Studies, South Korea

Division of English

  • English pronunciation practice/understanding: phonetics and phonology (S2021, S2022, F2022, F2023)
  • English word practice: morphology (F2021, S2023)
  • Web-based English: corpus linguistics (S2022, S2023)
  • English and big data, Data-based English: R programming and text analysis (F2021, F2022, F2023)
  • English, society and culture: sociolinguistics (S2021, S2022)
  • English and fields of academic study: English as a language, English reading (F2021, F2022, S2023, F2023)
  • Writing business documents in English: English writing (S2021, S2022)
  • English society and listening, Media listening practice: English listening and pronunciation (S2023, F2023)
  • [Graduate] English phonology (F2021, F2022)
  • [Graduate] English morphology (F2021, F2023)
  • [Graduate] Seminar in applied linguistics: research methodology (S2022)
  • [Graduate] Corpus statistics (S2023)

Postdoctoral Fellow

2020.08 – 2021.01
Seoul National University, South Korea

Department of Linguistics (Advisor: Jongho Jun)

  • Selection and purchase of laboratory equipment and furniture
  • Organization of the laboratory workshop
  • Organization of the colloquium
  • Management of undergraduate RAs

Teaching Assistant

2015 – 2018
University of Southern California, USA

Human Language and Technology (Undergraduate, G.E.)

  • phonetics and speech recognition (matlab programming)
  • with Prof. Louis Goldstein (F2015, F2017), Prof. Khalil Iskarous (S2016), and Prof. Mary Byram Washburn (F2016, S2017, S2018)
    • Teaching lab sessions (1.5 hours each week * 3 labs per semester)
    • Grading of exams and assignments
    • Student management (2 hours each week of office hours)

Selected Publications

Please check the resume PDF (CV) for a complete list of publications.

  • How Brand Names Affect Consumer Perceptions: An Experimental Study on the Sound Symbolism of Foreign Brand Names
    • Jang, Hayeun, Ju Yeun Jang, and Do Yuon Kim (2024)
    Journal of Global Marketing
  • Subclinical articulatory changes of vowel parameters in Korean amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients with perceptually normal voices
    • Kim, Jin-Ah, Hayeun Jang (co-1st author), Yoonji Choi, Young Gi Min, Yoon-Ho Hong, Jung-Joon Sung, and Seok-Jin Choi (2023)
    PLOS ONE 18(10), e0292460
  • Exploring Linguistic Productivity of ChatGPT: A Comparison to L2 Learners in English Blending
    • Jang, Hayeun (2023)
    Eoneohag 96, 79-98
  • Monosyllabic affective hypocoristics of Korean names: formation and segmental alternation
    • Jang, Hayeun (2023)
    Names: A Journal of Onomastics 71(2), 46-60
  • It’s F-ing Okay!: A Corpus Study on the Pragmatic Functions of English F-word (in Korean: It’s F-ing Okay!: 영어 f-word의 화용론적 기능에 대한 코퍼스 연구)
    • Kim, Nayoung and Hayeun Jang (2022)
    Language & Information Society 47, 85-106
  • A tutorial on articulatory muscles and Artisynth: Tongue and suprahyoid muscles, and 3D tongue model
    • Jang, Hayeun (2022)
    Language and Linguistics Compass
  • Mapping of Articulatory Information into Phonological Features Using a Recurrent Neural Network (in Korean: 순환 신경망을 활용한 조음 정보와 음운 자질의 연결 연구)
    • Jang, Hayeun (2021)
    Journal of Language Sciences 28(4), 227-247
  • Atypical blending with proper nouns: A case study of Korean fandom names
    • Jang, Hayeun (2021)
    Studies in Phonetics, Phonology and Morphology 27(1), 77-98
  • How cute do I sound to you?: Gender and age effects in the use and evaluation of Korean baby-talk register, Aegyo
    • Jang, Hayeun (2021)
    Language Sciences
  • Phonetic Relation of Obstruents and Nasals in Korean dialects (in Korean: 한국어 방언의 비음-저해음 관련 현상의 검토-)
    • Jang, Hayeun and Taewoo Kim (2020)
    Eoneohag 88, 167-195
  • A Study of Korean sound-meaning association biases using Pokémon data (in Korean: 포켓몬 데이터를 통해 살펴본 한국어 음성-의미 대응 양상 연구)
    • Jang, Hayeun (2020)
    Language & Information Society 41, 87-110
  • Segmental factors in variations of Korean vowel harmony: A corpus approach
    • Jang, Hayeun (2020)
    Korean Journal of Linguistics 45(3), 745-764
  • Palatals contribute to syllable weight: evidence from Spanish stress assignment
    • Jang, Hayeun (2020)
    Studies in Phonetics, Phonology and Morphology 26(2), 321-340