HIJO KANG Hijo Kang Associate Professor · Chonnam National University

PHONETICS · PHONOLOGY · MORPHOLOGY

Speech sounds are still changing

And the change follows rules. I look for them with Korean and English side by side.

Hijo Kang · Associate Professor, Chonnam National University

Research Essays

Research Areas

음성학

Phonetics

Measuring how speech sounds are actually produced and perceived — duration in Korean oral stops, and English stress in Korean learners.

음운론

Phonology

The rules that operate beneath the surface. Placing English and Korean side by side often reveals one principle behind two seemingly different phenomena.

형태론

Morphology

How words change shape — and how irregular forms arise and survive, explained through frequency and analogy.

Publications

  • 2026Nonlocal Effects of Fricatives on Duration Modulation in Korean WordsKorean Journal of Linguistics 51-3, 511–529Hijo Kang · Mira OhDOI
  • 2024The Effect of L2 Immersion on English Stress Perception and Production by Korean LearnersStudies in Phonetics, Phonology and Morphology 30-2, 145–170
  • 2024A phonetic study of bidirectional duration modulation in Korean oral stopsKorean Journal of Linguistics 49-1, 1–20
  • 2024The Roles of Phonology, Morphology, and Frequency in the Variation of Noun-final Coronal Obstruents in KoreanStudies in Linguistics 73, 7–33Hijo Kang · Hyun-Ju KimDOI
  • 2024A perception-based analysis of voice onset time (VOT) dissimilation in KoreanPhonetics and Speech Sciences 16-1, 25–31Hijo Kang · Mira OhDOI

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Essays

Essays on language change, speech sounds, and learning a second language. Written in Korean, with English summaries.

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