Author Archives: Arum Kang

Theoretical Semantics, Pragmatics and their Interfaces

Specific topics: Definiteness/domain restriction, indefiniteness/specificity/anti-specificity, wh-indeterminates, plurality, pluractionality, count/mass nouns, (im)politeness, Information structure, Korean prosody, crosslinguistic research on East Asian and other languages

Dissertation: (In)definiteness, disjunction and anti-specificity in Korean: a study in the semantics-pragmatics interface (June 2015, University of Chicago)
Dissertation committee chair: Prof. Anastasia Giannakidou
Internal committee members: Prof. Itamar Francez, Prof. Ming Xiang
External committee member: Prof. Suwon Yoon

Recent

  • Kang, Arum and Suwon Yoon (2022) Two types of subjunctive in Korean: Interaction between inquisitiveness and nonveridicality. Empirical Issues in Syntax and Semantics 14, 113-133.
  • Kang, Arum and Sanghoun Song (2022) Presenting “A study on subjunctive mood in Korean: Using corpus and experimental linguistic data” at the 96th Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA 2022), Washington, DC, USA.

Project & Funding

  • 2022. 2022년 말뭉치 함의 분석 및 연구, sponsored by National Institute of Korean Language
  • 2022-2023. Basic research for the humanities and social sciences for young researchers: A study on subjunctive mood in Korean: Using corpus and experimental linguistic data, sponsored by National Research Foundation of Korea
  • 2021. 2021년도 대학혁신지원사업-인문사회 융합연구 지원사업: Theoretical study on the subjunctive in Korean: Interaction between inquisitiveness and nonveridicality, sponsored by Chungnam National University
  • 2020/2021. Developing Korean CommitmentBank: (non)factivity and (non)veridicality, sponsored by National Institute of Korean Language
  • 2019-2020. Corpus verification: Coreference resolution (collaborated with the Semantic Web Research Center, KAIST), sponsored by National Institute of Korean Language

Manuscripts

  • Kang, Arum (in progress) Subjunctive mood in Korean: mood choice and nonveridicality [With Suwon Yoon]
  • Kang, Arum (in progress) Subjunctive predicates: corpus and experimental studies  [With Sanghoun Song]

Publications

2023

  • 강아름(2023) 한국어 이접 표지자 ‘이나’와 ‘인가’의 의미 분석. 언어학 연구 67: 103-127.
  • 강아름(2023) 한국어 민명사의 한정적 해석: 당나귀 구문을 중심으로. 언어 48(1): 75-97.

2022

  • Kang, Arum and Suwon Yoon (2022) Two types of subjunctive in Korean: Interaction between inquisitiveness and nonveridicality. Empirical Issues in Syntax and Semantics 14, 113-133. [slides] [proceedings]
  • Unsub Shin, Arum Kang and Sanghoun Song (2022) A data-based analysis of entailment-canceling operator in Korean. 언어학 연구 65: 113-148. 
  • 강아름 (2022) 미래 시제와 인식 양태의 통합적 분석: ‘(으)ㄹ 것이’. 생성문법연구 32(4): 605-629.
  • 강아름 (2022) 부사 ‘완전’ 분석. 언어연구 38(3): 239-258.
  • 박동우&강아름 (2022) 『영어학의 이해』 한국방송통신대학교출판문화원.

2021

  • 강아름 (2021) 초점 보조사 ‘까지’의 역할: 화용적 척도와 영역 확장. 언어 46(4): 1065-1086.
  • 강아름&송상헌 (2021) 의문 보문소로서의 ‘ㄹ지’: 상위 술어의 (비)진실성과 (비)사실성. 언어와 언어학 92: 79-106.
  • Kang, Arum (2021) Marking definiteness in an articleless language: The role of the domain restrictor KU in Korean. Language and Linguistics 22(2): 301-336.
  • 정유남&강아름 (2021) 한국어 ‘그’의 실현 양상과 개념적 연관. 담화와 인지 28(1): 259-288.

2020

  • 강아름 (2020) 한국어 양태 한정사에 대한 소고. 언어 45(4): 725-745.
  • Ahn, Miyeon and Arum Kang (2020) The Prosody of Wh- and Rhetorical Questions in Korean.  음운음성형태론 연구.
  • Myung-Kwan Park and Arum Kang (2020) Korean vs. Chinese onanaphoric definites with(out) a determiner. Japanese/Korean Linguistics 27.
  • Myung-Kwan Park and Arum Kang (2020) Rhetorical Adjunct Wh Mwue(-l) ‘what’ in Korean. 언어과학연구.
  • Kang, Arum and Suwon Yoon (2020) “From anti-specificity to anti-honorification:
    Conventional implicature of disjunction inka in Korean    “, Linguistic Research 37(3): 531-580.
  • Park, Myung-Kwan and Arum Kang (2020) “(In)definiteness in Korean without an article”, Korean Journal of Linguistics (언어) 45(3): 451-475, The Linguistic Society of Korea.
  • 강아름. 2020. 한국어 ‘그’의 재고찰: 극성, 최대성 그리고 영역 제한. 『한국어 영논항을 어떻게 볼 것인가』 293-325. 역락출판사
  • Kang, Arum and Suwon Yoon (2020) “From inquisitive disjunction to nonveridical equilibrium: modalized questions in Korean“, Linguistics 58(1): 207–244.

2019

  • Kang, Arum and Suwon Yoon (2019) “The subjunctive complementizer in Korean: the interaction between inquisitiveness and nonveridicality”, The proceedings of GLOW in Asia XII in Seoul and SICOGG XXI, 343-358. [slides] [proceedings]
  • Kang, Arum and Suwon Yoon (accepted) “Modalized questions in Korean.” Studies in Generative Grammar (생성문법연구), The Korean Generative Grammar Circle.
  • Kang, Arum and Sohee Kim (2019) “부사 ‘그렇게’의 극성 연구.” Korean Journal of Linguistics (언어) 44(2): 145-169, The Linguistic Society of Korea.

2018

  • Kang, Arum and Jieun Jeon (2018) “On the novel type of subjunctive complementizer in Korean,” 언어정보 27: 69-88, Korea University Institute for Language and Information.
  • Kang, Arum (2018) “Negative Politeness in Korean Questions: Interaction between Epistemic Uncertainty and Conventional Indirectness,” Language Research (어학연구) 54-2: 229-247, Language Education Institute, Seoul National University.
  • Kang, Arum (2018) “The scalar intensifier ku in Korean: The case of KUintensifier with anti-specific wh-indeterminates,” Language and Information (언어와 정보) 22.1: 75-91 , The Korean Society for Language and Information.
  • Kang, Arum (2018) “Unexpectedness Effect: The Emphatic Determiner with Gradable NPs in Korean,” The Journal of Studies in Language (언어연구) 33.4: 595-615, The Modern Linguistic Society of Korea.
  • Kang, Arum (2018) “The Anti-honorific Marker inka in Multi-dimensional Composition System,” Studies in Linguistics (언어학 연구) 46: 287-312, The Joongwon Linguistic Society of Korea.

2017

  • Kang, Arum (2017) “Epistemic constraint on the modal disjunctive particle in Korean: the condition of minimal variation and irrealis value on the anti-specific disjunction,” Korean Semantics (한국어 의미학) 57: 49-72, The Society of Korean Semantics.
  • Kang, Arum (2017) “The scalar dimension of Korean ku,” Japanese/Korean Linguistics, vol. 24. ed. by Kenshi Funakoshi, Shigeto Kawahara, and Christopher D. Tancredi, Stanford: CSLI Publications.

2016

  • Kang, Arum (2016) “On the semantics of Korean modalized question,” Proceedings of 30th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation (PACLIC 2016), ed. by Jong C. Park and Jin-Woo Chung, pp. 477-484, Institute for the Study of Language and Information at Kyung Hee University: Hankookmunhwasa.
  • Kang, Arum and Suwon Yoon (2016) “Individual and propositional variation in disjunction: referentially vague indefinite and modalized question,” The Proceedings of 18th Seoul International Conference on Generative Grammar (SICOGG 18). Seoul, Korea.
  • Kang, Arum and Suwon Yoon (2016) “Two types of speaker’s ignorance over the epistemic space in Korean,” The proceedings of the Linguistic Society of America Vol. 1 (2016), ed. by Patrick Farrell, 21: 1-15 (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3765/plsa.v1i0.3723), Linguistic Society of America.
  • Kang, Arum (2016) “A novel wh-indeterminate in Korean: wh-inka as a marker of referential vagueness,” Japanese/Korean Linguistics, vol. 23. ed. by Michael Kenstowicz, Theodore Levin, and Ryo Masuda., pp. 183-196, Stanford: CSLI Publications.

2012

  • Kang, Arum (2012) “Semantics and pragmatics of definiteness in Korean: the case of ku,” Proceedings of the eighth Workshop on Altaic Formal Linguistics (WAFL 8), ed. by Umut Ozge., pp. 187-198, Cambridge, MA: MITWPL.

2011

  • Kang, Arum (2011) “On the Semantic Role of the Accented Phrase in Korean NP Coordination,” Proceedings of the 28th annual meeting of the West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics (WCCFL 28), ed. by Mary Byram Washburn et al., pp. 294-302, Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Proceedings Project.

Edited Volumes: 2014 CLS 47. Vol 1.-Vol 2, Papers from the 47th Annual Meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society. Vol 1: The Main Session, Vol 2: The Parasession: Experimental Methods in Linguistic Research. Co-edited with Carissa Abrego-Collier, Martina Martinovic, and Chieu Nguyen. Chicago: Chicago Linguistic Society

Conference presentations

  • 2021. Kang, Arum and Suwon Yoon. “Two types of subjunctive in Korean: Interaction between inquisitiveness and nonveridicality” at the COLLOQUE DE SYNTAXE ET SÉMANTIQUE À PARIS (CSSP) 2021. Université de Paris amphi Buffon, Paris, France.
  • 2021. “An intensifier at the discourse level: subjective adverb wancen ‘truly'” at the 22nd Meeting of the International Circle of Korean Linguistics (ICKL). National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan. 
  • 2021. Presenting “A study on subjunctive mood in Korean: Using corpus and experimental linguistic data” at Korean Linguistics in Crosslinguistic Context (KLCC) 2021. Cornell University, USA. [with Sanghoun Song]
  • 2020. “Polarity sensitivity, domain restriction and determiner: the case of Korean ku-wh” at the Second Tsinghua Interdisciplinary Workshop on Logic, Language, and Meaning. Beijing.
  • 2020. “A novel type of question: inquisitive disjunction and nonveridical equilibrium as a modalized question” the new year’s workshop of Korean Generative Grammar Circle. Seoul, Korea.
  • 2019. “Korean vs. Chinese on anaphoric definites with(out) a determiner, ” The 27th Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference, Sogang University, Korea. [with Myung-Kwan Park]
  • 2019. “Korean adverb kulehkey: the subjective scalar intensifier without degree,” The 27th Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference, Sogang University, Korea. (poster) [with Sohee Kim]
  • 2019 “The subjunctive complementizer in Korean: the interaction between inquisitiveness and nonveridicality,” GLOW in Asia XII in Seoul and SICOGG XXI, Dongguk University. [with Suwon Yoon]
  • 2019. “Korean adverb kulehkey ‘so’: subjective scalar intensifier without degree,” The 26th Joint Workshop on Linguistics and Language Processing, Kyung Hee University, Korea. [with Sohee Kim]
  • 2018 “The subjunctive complementizer in Korean: the interaction between inquisitiveness and nonveridicality,” 2018 SNU Linguistic Forum, Seoul National University, Korea. [with Suwon Yoon]
  • 2018 “Modalized question complementizers and their predicates in Korean: mood selection and subjectivity,” 20th Seoul International Conference on Generative Grammar (SICOGG 20), Konkuk University, Korea. (Poster) [with Jieun Jeon]
  • 2018 “Modalized question complementizers in Korean: subjunctive mood and nonveridicality,” the 2018 Silence Workshop/Linguistic Society of Korea (LSK) Conference, Kyung Hee University, Korea. [with Jieun Jeon]
  • 2018 “The landscape of Korean KU: definiteness, miritivity and scalar intensification,” the 2018 Silence Workshop/Linguistic Society of Korea (LSK) Conference, Kyung Hee University, Korea.
  • 2018 “Two types of Modalized Questions in Korean: nka-Q vs. ul-kka-Q,” the 2018 SNU International Conference on Linguistics, Seoul National University, Korea. [with Suwon Yoon]
  • 2017 “On the dual function of Korean definite ku: contextual domain restrictor vs. scalar intensifier,” 19th Seoul International Conference on Generative Grammar (SICOGG 19), Seoul National University, Korea. (Poster)
  • 2016 “On the semantics of Korean modalized question,” The 30th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation (PACLIC 30), Kyung Hee University, Korea. (Poster)
  • 2016 “Disjunction as an epistemic modality: nonveridical equilibrium,” The 24th Japanese and Korean Linguistics Conference (J/K), NINJAL, Japan. (Poster) [with Suwon Yoon]
  • 2016 “The scalar dimension of Korean ku,” The 24th Japanese and Korean Linguistics Conference (J/K), NINJAL, Japan.
  • 2016 “Individual and propositional variation in disjunction: referentially vague indefinite and modalized question,” 18th Seoul International Conference on Generative Grammar (SICOGG 18), Sogang University, Korea. [with Suwon Yoon]
  • 2016 “The scalar dimension of Korean ku,” The 12th Workshop on Altaic Formal Linguistics (WAFL 12), Central Connecticut State University, USA.
  • 2016 “Two types of speaker’s ignorance over the epistemic space: Referential vagueness marker inka vs. epistemic subjunctive marker nka in Korean,” Poster presented at Linguistic Society of America’s 90th Annual Meeting (LSA 2016), Washington, DC, USA. [with Suwon Yoon]
  • 2015 “Two types of speaker’s ignorance over the epistemic space: Referential vagueness marker inka vs. epistemic subjunctive marker nka in Korean,” ICKL & Harvard-ISOKL 2015, University of Chicago, USA. [with Suwon Yoon]
  • 2014 “Inka in yes/no and alternative questions: two types of disjunction,” Poster presented at MorphologyFest: Symposium on Morphological Complexity, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA.
  • 2014 “Anti-specificity marking from Greek to Korean: referential vagueness vs. free choiceness,” 4th Annual Midwest Greek Linguistics Workshop, University of Chicago, USA.
  • 2013 “A novel wh-indeterminate in Korean: wh-inka as a marker of referential vagueness,” Semantics Workshop of the American Midwest and Praries (SWAMP), University of Chicago, USA.
  • 2013 “A novel wh-indeterminate in Korean: wh-inka as a marker of referential vagueness,” The 23th Japanese and Korean Linguistics Conference (J/K), MIT, USA.
  • 2012 “Semantics and pragmatics of definiteness in Korean: the case of ku,” The 8th Workshop on Altaic Formal Linguistics (WAFL 8), the University of Stuttgart, Germany.
  • 2012 “Definiteness in Korean: the semantic/pragmatic function of definiteness marker ku,” The 2012 Northwest Linguistics Conference (NWLC), University of Washington, USA.
  • 2011 “The grammaticalization of plural marker tul in Korean,” 20th International Conference on Historical Linguistics (20th ICHL), Osaka, Japan.
  • 2011 “Definiteness in the interpretation of Topic marker −(n)un in Korean,” 14th Harvard International Symposium on Korean Linguistics (The Harvard ISOKL-2011), Harvard university, USA.
  • 2010 “On the semantic role of the accentual phrase in Korean NP coordination,” 28th West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics (WCCFL 28), USC, USA.
  • 2009 “On pluralizing event: plural marking event pluralizer tul in Korean,” Journee Semantique et Modelisation, Universite Paris dederot – Paris 7, Paris, France.

Honors and awards

  • Whiting Dissertation Year Fellowship, Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation, Division of the Humanities, University of Chicago, USA. 2012-2013
  • University Unendowed Fellowship, University of Chicago, USA. 2007-2011
  • Government Fellowship, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Seoul, Korea. 2005-2006

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