Eunjong Kong

Ph.D. candidate
Ohio State University,
Department of Linguistics

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Research Interest

Phonetics, Phonology, Psycholinguistics
- Cross-linguistic aspect of phonological acquisition (Paidologos Project)
: developmental pattern of voicing/aspiration contrastive plosive categories in languages
- English, Japanese and Korean Prosody
: the role of pitch range variations in speech
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Educational Background

2001 - present
Ph.D. (expected 2008, ABD since May 2006), Linguistcs, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
Dissertation in progress: The Development of Phonation-type Contrasts in Plosives: Cross-linguistic Perspectives.

1999-2002
M.A. English Linguistics, Graduate School at Korea University, Seoul, Korea.
Thesis: Informational structure and intonational realization of English focus particle.

1994-1999
B.A. English Language and Literature, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
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Selected Publications & Conference presentations

Kong, Eun Jong, Beckman, Mary E., and Edwards, Jan. 2007. Fine-grained phonetics and acquisition of Greek voiced stops, In Proceedings of the 16th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, pp. 865-868.

Arbisi-Kelm, T., Beckman, M. E., Edwards, J., & Kong, E. (2007). Acquisition of stop burst cues in English, Greek, and Japanese. poster presented at the Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI, June 7-9, 2007.

Kong, Eun Jong., Beckman, Mary E. 2006, Fine-grained Phonetics and Developmental Universals for Glottal Features, a poster presented at 10th Laboratory Phonology, Paris, France, June 29- July 1, 2006.

Kong, Eun Jong. 2004. The role of pitch range variation in discourse structure and intonation structure of Korean, In Proceedings of the International Conference on Spoken Language Processing.
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Teaching

Introduction to Linguistics Ling201(2003 AU~ 2005 SP)
Analyzing Sounds of Languages Ling286 (2008 WI)
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Contact Info

e-j-k-o-n-g (at) ling.ohio-state.edu (with no "-")
office) 614-292-8878
1712 Neil Avenue
222 Oxley Hall
Columbus OH 43210-1298, USA