Curriculum Vitae
Youngjun Jang
Department of English Language and Literature
Chung-Ang University
221 Hukseok-dong, Dongjak-ku
Seoul, 156-756, Korea
Dept. Administrator (82-2) 820-5178 / Fax: (82-2) 814-8716
Home: (82-2) 6265-5581
Cellular Phone: 82-11-9720-5581
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://cau.ac.kr/~yjang/
Born: 3 January 1964
Citizenship: Republic of Korea
EDUCATION
1997
Ph.D, Linguistics, Harvard University
Thesis Title: Tense and Complementizer Feature-Checking
1988-1991 Finished Doctoral Courses, English Linguistics, Korea University
1988
M.A., English Linguistics, Korea University
Thesis Title: A Syntactic Approach to the Theme and Thematic Structure
in English
1986
B.A., English Language and Literature, Korea University
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Syntax, First Language Acquisition, Comparative Linguistics, Typology
DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
Title: Tense and Complementizer Feature-Checking
Dissertation Committee Members:
Professor Samuel David Epstein (Harvard University)
Professor Noam Chomsky (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Degree Date: March 12, 1997
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PAPERS
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Measure expressions in English and Korean (co-authored with ChungKon Shi)
10th International Symposium on Korean Linguistics, July 12, 2003, Harvard
University
Harvard Studies in Korean Linguistics X, Dept of Linguistics, Harvard
University
Two types of conjoiners and polarity interpretation (co-authored with
Young-hye Kwon)
38th Annual Meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society, April 25, 2002,
University of Chicago, Chicago
Proceedings of the 38th CLS, Parasession on Negation and Negative Items,
(October, 2003)
(2003)
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Precedence and dominance in English noun phrases
Winter Conference on Modern Grammar, February 16, 2001, Kyemyeng
University, Taegu, Korea
Studies in Generative Grammar 13.2: 221-234, Seoul, Korea
Generative grammar and description of Korean
The 25th Conference of the Korean Linguistics Association, November 2,
2002, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
Korean Linguistics 19: 269-286, Seoul, Korea
Non-sentence-final clauses in English
Winter Conference of the Modern Grammar Society, February 22, 2003,
Taegu Catholic University, Taegu, Korea,
36th Annual Lingustics Conference, December 13, 2002, Institute of
Language Education, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Studies in Modern Grammar 31: 189-197, The Society of Modern Grammar,
Taegu, Korea
The arrogant empire: Chomsky’s critique
Journal of Humanities 35: 184-199. Institute of Humanities, Chung-Ang
University, Seoul
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A lecture on concepts and philosophy of Chomskyan linguistics
Invited talk at the summer school of Chinese linguistics, August 20, 2003,
Seoul National University, Seoul
Proceedings of the summer school of Chinese linguistics, Department of
Chinese Language and Literature, Seoul National University, Seoul
Remarks on Holmberg’s pro and EPP
2003 Spring Conference of the Generative Grammar Circle of Korea,
Chung-Nam National University, May 10, 2003, Taegeon
Proceedings of the 2003 spring conference of the generative grammar circle
of Korea, Generative Grammar Circle of Korea, Seoul
Chomsky’s linguistic revolution and related disciplines
14th Conference of the English Linguistic Science Association of Korea,
February 22, 2003, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea
Infinitival wh-clauses in English
The 2003 KASELL International Conference, The Korean Association for
the Study of English Language and Linguistics, June 25, 2003, Hanyang
University, Seoul, Korea
(2002)
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Acquisition of novel name-nameless category (N3C)principle by young
Korean children with Down syndrome (coauthored with Misuk Kim)
The 8th Meeting of the International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics
Association (ICPLA), August 16-19, 2000, University of Edinburgh,
Edinburgh, UK
Investigations in clinical phonetics and linguistics, New Jursey: Laurence
Erlbaum Associates, 145-152
Nothing is extended from the Projection Principle
2002 Winter Meeting of the Linguistic Society of Korea, February 5, 2002,
Seoul National University, Seoul
Case assignment in Korean infinitival clauses (coauthored with JaeYoung Lee)
8th International Conference on Korean Linguistics, July 10, 2002,
University of Oslo, Norway
Conditions on subjectivization out of genitive noun phrases
8th International Conference on Korean Linguistics, Poster-session, July 10,
2002, University of Oslo, Norway
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Small clauses and default case
16th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information, and Computation
(PACLIC), February 1, 2002, Jeju University, Jeju Island, Korea
Proceedings of the 16th PACLIC, The Korean Society for Language and
Information, Seoul, Korea
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Structures of complex predicates
as an invited talk, the 4th Summer School on Generative Grammar, The
Korean Generative Grammar Circle, Hanyang University, Seoul
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Notes on non-sentence-final clauses in English
2002 Fall Conference of the English Grammar Society of Korea, November
23, 2002, Chung-Nam University, Taejeon, Korea
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Measure expressions
2002 Spring Conference on Linguistics of the Society of Modern Grammar,
May 25, 2002, Kyungpook National University, Taegu, Korea
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Passive expletive constructions in English
Fall Meeting of the Linguistic Society of Korea, October 19, 2002, Hallym
University, Chuncheon, Korea
(2001)
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Flapping and language change in East Asia
Workshop on language change in Japan and East Asia, May 22, 1999,
University of Sheffield, UK
Language change in East Asia, London: Curzon Press
Secondary predication and default case (coauthored with Si-youn Kim)
Workshop on Secondary Predication, November 2, 2001, ZAS, Berlin,
Germany
ZAS papers in linguistics 26: Papers on the syntax of predication, ZAS,
Berlin, Germany
Complementizers and complementation in English and Korean:
Successivecyclic wh-movement
Studies in Modern Grammar 25:1-28, the Society of Modern Grammar,
Taegu, Korea
Grammaticalization: nuntey as a wh-agreement marker
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The 1st Seoul International Conference on Discourse and Cognitive
Linguistics, Jule 10, 2001, Yonsei University, Seoul
Proceedings of the 1st Seoul International Conference on Discourse and
Cognitive Linguistics, The Discourse and Cognitive Linguistics Society of
Korea, Seoul, Korea
Grammaticalization froma a connective to a wh-agreement marker: nuntey
The 9th International Symposium on Korean Linguistics, July 15, 2001,
Harvard University
Harvard Studies in Korean Linguistics 9: 369-378, Department of
Linguistics, Harvard University
Small clause complementizers (coauthored with Si-youn Kim)
The 9th International Symposium on Korean Linguistics, July 15, 2001,
Harvard University
Harvard Studies in Korean Linguistics 9: 369-378, Department of
Linguistics, Harvard University
Constraints on coordination in English
Annual Meeting of the New Association of English Language and Literature,
February 1999, Kyungpook National University,
34th Annual Linguistics Conference, December 1, 2000, Language Research
Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Language Research 37.2: 311-328, Language Research Institute, Seoul
National University, Seoul, Korea
Small clauses in English and Korean
2001 Fall Conference of the Modern Linguistic Society of Korea, November
4, 2001, Baejae University, Taegeon, Korea,
35th Annual Linguistics Conference, Institute of Language Education, Seoul
National University, Seoul, Korea
Teaching passive constructions in college classrooms (coauthored with
Jae-Young Lee)
The 9th Conference of the English Grammar Society of Korea, May 26,
2001, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
Jornal of English Grammar 5.2: 427-442, Seoul, Korea
A prospectus and its development of modern generative linguistics
75th Colloquium of the Institute of Humanities, December 12, 2001, ChungAng University, Seoul, Korea
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Published
Journal of Humanities 31: 123-136, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea
Presented
Some issues in translating English texts into Korean (coauthored with
Kyung-ja Park)
Fall Conference of the Korean Association of Translation Studies
(KATRANS), October 27, 2001, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies,
Seoul, Korea
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Verb-secon or EPP?
2001 Seoul International Conference on English Linguistics, the Korean
Association for the Study of English Language and Linguistics, August 16,
2001, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
Adjuncts and complements
as an invited talk, 2001 Winter Meeting of the Korean Association of
Language Sciences, February 22, 2001, Busan National University, Korea
A review of Jeong-Mok Suh’s Grammar model and X-bar theory and
Transformation and Constraints
Poetics and Linguistics 1: 193-206, Society of Poetics and Linguistics,
Sogang Universiyt, Seoul, Korea
(2000)
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Against non-cyclic merger: Relative clauses in [Spec, DP]
23rd GLOW Colloquium, April 24, 2000, University of Vasque, Spain
Reconstruction versus counter-cyclic merger
as an invited talk, 2000 Winter Meeting of the Linguistic Society of Korea,
February 9, 2000, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS), Seoul,
Korea
The role of the coordinators in interpreting ANY in Korean
9th Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference, July 31, 1999, Ohio State
University
Japanese/Korean Linguistics 9: 297-310, CSLI Publications, Stanford
University
Ingredients of universal quantifiers and polarity items (coauthored with
Ju-Eun Lee)
10th Western Conference on Linguistics, October 20, 2000, State University
of California, Fresno, CA
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Proceedings of WECOL 2000, State University of California, Fresno, CA
Verb-second phenomena in English
Colloquium of the Institute of Humanities, February 10, 1998, Chonbuk
National University, Jeonju, Korea,
Monthly Meeting of the Korean Generative Grammar Circle, March 10,
1998, Daewoo Foundation Building
Studies in Generative Grammar 10.1: 181-208, the Korean Generative
Grammar Circle, Seoul, Korea
On the reconstruction paradox
Phoenix 38: 129-148, the English Language and Literature Society, Korea
University, Seoul, Korea
Two types of question and existential quantification in Korean (written
in Korean)
Korean Linguistics 11: 293-324, Korean Linguistics Association, Seoul,
Korea
Counterfactual expressions in Korean
9th International Conference on Comparative Korean Studies, the
International Association of Comparative Korean Studies, June 9, 2000,
Kyungpook National University, Taegu, Korea
Chomsky’s linguistics and linguistic philosophy
Science, Philosophy and Culture 35: 123-142, Beomyang Publishing
Company, Seoul, Korea
(1999)
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Two types of question and existential quantification
Linguistics 37.5: 847-870, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter
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A scalar approach to ANY in English and Korean
2nd GLOW in Asia, Nanzan University, Nagoya, Japan
Proceedings of Nanzan GLOW, Nanzan University, Japan
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Relative clauses in child language: Semantic parsing and the continuity
hypothesis (coauthored with Ho Han)
12th World Congress of Applied Linguistics (AILA), August 5, 1999,
Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan,
3rd Conference of the Japan-Korea Association of Applied Linguistics,
August 5, 1998, Sungkonghoe University, Seoul, Korea
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Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics 3: 53-70, PanPacific Association of Applied Linguistics, Seoul, Korea
Counterfactual wish-constructions in English and Korean (coauthored
with Kap-Hee Lee)
TACKL Summer Institute of Linguistics 1999, Tokyo Area Circle of
Linguistics (TACL), July 12, 1999, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo,
Japan
Proceedings of the TACL summer institute of linguistics 1999, TACL,
Tokyo, Japan
A note on coordination
Spring Conference on Linguistics, The New Association of English
Language and Literature, February 20, 1999, Kyungpook National
University, Taegu, Korea
On the driving force for subject-movement
Journal of Humanities 28: 79-106, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea
Clause typing feature and successive cyclic wh-movement
4th Winter Symposium of the English Language and Literature Association
of Korea, January 28, 1999, KECB, Kyungju, Korea
(1998)
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Strength of T and the position of objects
28th African Linguistics Conference, July 12, 1997, Cornell University,
Ithaca
Studies in Generative Grammar 8.1: 73-104, the Korean Generative
Grammar Circle, Seoul, Korea
Self-addressed questions and quantifier interpretation (coauthored with
Il-Kon Kim)
10th Conference of the International Circle of Korean Linguistics, July 10,
1996, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
Korean Linguistics 9: 191-210, the International Circle of Korean
Linguistics
Concepts and practice of the minimalist syntax (written in Korean)
Colloquium of the Research Center for Language and Information,
September 26, 1998, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
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Language and Information 2: 111-142, Research Center for Language and
Information, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
Non-nominal subjects in English
the 69th Colloquium of the Institute of Humanities, Chung-Ang University,
Seoul, Korea
Multiple subjects and characterization
3rd Conference of the Discourse and Cognitive Linguistics Society of Korea,
December 10, 1997, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea
Discourse and Cognition 5.1: 99-116, the Discourse and Cognitive
Linguistics Society of Korea, Seoul, Korea
Asymmetric theta-role assignment and its implications
Journal of English Grammar 2.1: 67-88, the English Grammar Society of
Korea, Seoul, Korea. Also in Chung-Ang Review 3: 79-108, Department of
English Language and Literature, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea
Published
Don’t you need one more to conjoin?
Korean Journal of Linguistics 23.3: 535-561, the Linguistic Society of
Korea, Seoul, Korea
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Merger, object position, and theta role assignment
20th GLOW Colloquium Workshop on African Linguistics, March 20, 1997,
University Mohamed 5, Rabat, Morocco
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On the structure of DP
Fall Conference of the Linguistics Association of Korea, October 31, 1998,
Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Korea
(1997)
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Minimal feature movement
Journal of Linguistics 32.2: 311-326, Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press
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Multiple subject construction in Korean: A functional explanation
Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics 22.1: 25-40, Linguistics Graduate
Student Association, University of Kansas, Laurence, Kansas
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Overtly marked self-addressed questions (coauthored with Il-Kon Kim)
Harvard Working Papers in Linguistics 6: 158-169, Department of
Linguistics, Harvard University, Cambridge
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(1996)
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Nwukwu ‘who’ and mwues ‘what’ in Korean (coauthored with Il-kon
Kim)
32nd Annual Meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society, April 12, 1996,
University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
CLS 32: Papers from the main session, Chicago Linguistic Society,
University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Pseudogapping, Locative Inversion, and the EPP
3rd International Conference on Generative Grammar (SICOGG 96), July 5,
1996, Sookmyung Women’s University, Seoul, Korea
Morphosyntax in Generative Grammar: Proceedings of the 1996 Seoul
International Conferences on Generative Grammar, eds by Ahn, Hee-Don,
Myung-Yoon Kang, Yong-Suck Kim, and Sookhee Lee, pp 191-203. Seoul:
Hankuk Publishing Company
Locative inversion and the EPP
13th Annual Meeting of the Eastern States Conference on Linguistics
(ESCOL 96), September 2, 1996, University of New Brunswick, St. John,
Canada
Proceedings of ESCOL 96, CLC Publications, Cornell University, Ithaca
(1995)
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(1992)
Merger, Object Position, and Directionality
the 18th GLOW Colloquium Poster Session, June 2, 1995, Tromsø, Norway.
An argument for LF-feature movement
Harvard Working Papers in Linguistics 5: 18-26, Department of Linguistics,
Harvard University, Cambridge
Genitive subjects in Middle Korean
6th International Symposium on Korean Linguistics, January 15, 1995,
Harvard University, Cambridge
Harvard Studies in Korean Linguistics 6: 223-234, Department of
Linguistics, Harvard University, Cambridge
English existential constructions
Korean Journal of Linguistics 20.2: 181-199, the Linguistic Society of
Korea, Seoul, Korea
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On topic: A functional analysis
Phoenix 31: 127-140, the English Literature Society, Korea University,
Seoul, Korea
BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS
2003 Reconstruction and derivation in the theory of syntax
Chapter One: Reconstruction and non-cyclic merger, pp 23-62
(coauthors: Nobert Hornstein, Kwang-sup Kim, Mitsue Motomura, Keun-Won
Sohn, and Jong-Yurl Yoon). Seoul: Hankook Publishing Company
Expletives (written in Korean)
Chapter 3: Passive expletive constructions, pp 91-38,
(coauthors: Younghwa Kim, Kwisun Moon, Sun-Woong Kim, Myungkwan Park,
and Hang-jin Yoon)
What if the Korean language perishes? (written in Korean)
Chapter 3: A paradise of English-speaking world, 113-152
(coauthors: Chung-Kon Shi, Joori Chung, Youngjoon Park, and Kyungbong Choi)
Seoul: Hangyerey Publications
2002 Pioneers of Modern Scientific Revolutionaries (written in Korean)
Chomsky’s transformational-generative grammar, pp 223-245
(ed. by the editorial board of Science Philosophy). Seoul: Beomyang Publishing
Company
2001 Dictionary of applied linguistics (written in Korean)
(coauthors: Kyungja Park, Byungbin Yim, Jaewon Kim, Suk Hoon You, Jae-keun
Lee, Sungchan Kim and Ho Han)
Seoul: Kyungjin Munhwasa
2000 A new perspective on Korean syntax (written in Korean, Monograph)
Seoul: Parkijeong Publishing Comapany
1999 Secrets of Language: An introduction to linguistics (Monograph)
Seoul: Hankuk Publishing Company
An understanding of the minimalist program (written in Korean)
Chapter 1: An Introduction
(coauthors: Kwui-sun Moon, Kap-yong Park, Keun-Won Sohn, Dong-Whi Yang,
and Jeong-Shik Lee)
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Seoul: Han-Shin Publishing Company
TRANSLATIONS
Parallels and Paradoxes,
Daniel Barenboim and Edward Said, 2002. New York: Pantheon Books
Rogue States
Noam Chomsky, 2001. Cambridge: South End Press
Noam Chomsky: a life of dissent
Robert Barskey, 1997. Cambridge: MIT Press
Language Myth
Laurie Bauer and Peter Trugill, 1998, Penguin
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Linguistic Society of America (LSA)
Linguistic Society of Korea (LSK)
Generative Grammar Circle of Korea (GGCK)
International Circle of Korean Linguistics (ICKL)
TEACHING AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2001-03
Chair of the Department (Night), Department of English Language and
Literature, Chung-Ang University
1999-01
Director of Language Lab, Department of English Language and Literature,
Chung-Ang University
1997-present Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, Full Time Lecturer, Department
of English Language and Literature, Chung-Ang University
1996-97
Teaching Fellow, Ling 112a (Introduction to Syntactic Theory), Department
of Linguistics, Harvard University
1996-97
Grader, Ling E-117 (Children’s Acquisition of Language), Harvard University
1995-96
Teaching Fellow, Korean 102a, East Asian Languages and Civilizations,
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Harvard University
1994-95
Teaching Fellow, Korean 102a, East Asian Languages and Civilizations,
Harvard University
1991-92
Paid Research Assistant to Natural Language Processing Group, funded by
Daewoo Foundation. Jobs including editing the reports, organizing
conference, and collecting reports from individual participants.
1991-92
Research Fellow at the Center for Artificial Intelligence at KAIST, Seoul,
Korea. Jobs including reviewing the reports from linguistic aspects, arranging
meetings, and administrative works.
1988-92 English Lecturer, Korea University
1987
Contributor, Editor, and Compiler of Comprehensive Dictionary of
English Linguistics, published by Shin-a Publishing Company, Seoul, Korea.
1986-88 Teaching Assistant, Freshman’s Curricular English, English Department,
Korea University
HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS
2002-03
Outstanding Professor (15% out of the faculty), Chung-Ang University
2001-02
Outstanding Professor(15% out of the faculty), Chung-Ang University
1996-97
Recipient of Conference Travel Grant from the Department of Linguistics,
Harvard University
1995-96
Recipient of Conference Travel Grant from the Department of Linguistics,
Harvard University
1995-96
Recipient of The Korean Honor Scholarship, Korean Government
1995-96
Recipient of Conference Travel Grant from the Department of Linguistics,
Harvard University
1994-95
Recipient of Conference Travel Grant from the Department of Linguistics,
Harvard University
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1994-95
Recipient of Conference Travel Grant from the Graduate Student Council,
Harvard University
1986
Recipient of Special Honor Scholarship, Korea University
1983
Recipient of Honor Scholarship, Korea University