Professor Jae Hoon Yeon
Key information
- Roles
- Emeritus Professor, Centre of Korean Studies
- Qualifications
- BA MA (Seoul National) PhD(London)
- Building
- Russell Square, College Buildings
- Email address
- jy1@soas.ac.uk
- Telephone number
- +44 (0)20 7898 4232
Research interests
- Korean Language and linguistics
- Korean modern literature
- Korean society and culture
Publications
언어 유형론 강의 = Ene Yuhyenglon Kanguy (Lectures on Linguistic Typology)
Yeon, Jaehoon (2021). Seoul, Korea: (Hankwuk Munhwasa)
View this bookKorean: A Comprehensive Grammar
Yeon, Jaehoon and Brown, Lucien (2019). Abingdon, UK: (Routledge)
View this bookSpeed Up Your Korean: Strategies to Avoid Common Errors
Brown, Lucien and Yeon, Jaehoon (2016). Abingdon; New York: (Routledge)
View this bookAdvanced Korean (Includes Sino-Korean Companion workbook on CD-Rom)
Yeon, Jaehoon, King, Ross, Kim, Jungsook and Baker, Donald (2015). North Clarendon, VT: (Tuttle Publishing)
View this bookGet Started in Korean (Teach Yourself)
Yeon, Jaehoon (2013). London: (Hodder and Stoughton)
View this bookThe Routledge Intermediate Korean Reader
Yeon, Jaehoon, Kiaer, Jieun and Brown, Lucien (2013). Abingdon, New York: (Routledge)
View this bookHankwuke kwumun yuhyenglon (A Typological Study on Korean Grammatical Constructions)
Yeon, Jaehoon (2011). Seoul: (Thaehaksa)
View this bookKorean: A Comprehensive Grammar
Yeon, Jaehoon and Brown, Lucien (2011). London; New York: (Routledge)
View this bookChambers Korean Phrasebook
Yeon, Jaehoon and Brown, Lucien (2008). London: (Chambers Haraap Publishers Ltd)
View this bookA Study on Grammar and Grammar Education in North Korea [in Korean]
Yeon, Jaehoon, Ko, Yeng-kun, Kuh, BK, Shi, CK and Shi, CK (2004). South Korea: (Pagijung Publishing Co)
View this bookIntegrated Korean: Advanced II
Yeon, Jaehoon, Lee, Eun-Joo and Park, Duk-Soo (2004). Honolulu: (University of Hawaii Press)
View this bookIntegrated Korean: Advanced I
Yeon, Jaehoon, Lee, Eun-Joo and Park, Duk-Soo (2004). Honolulu: (University of Hawaii Press)
View this bookKorean Grammatical Constructions. Their Form and Meaning
Yeon, Jaehoon (2003). London: (Saffron)
View this bookTeach Yourself Korean
Yeon, Jaehoon and Vincent, Mark (1997). London: (Hodder and Stoughton)
View this bookKorean Studies in the United Kingdom: History and Prospects
Yeon, Jaehoon, 2024, Review of Korean Studies (27), 2, pp 247-264
View this articleSetting subject and the inferential cleft construction in Korean
Park, Chongwon, Yeon, Jaehoon and Kim, Jong-Bok, 2024, Review of Cognitive Linguistics (23), 2, pp 634-665
View this articleNotes on word order variation in Korean
Park, Chongwon and Yeon, Jaehoon, 2023, Pragmatics (34), 4, pp 588-614
View this articleThe Factive, IHRC, and Cleft constructions in Korean
Park, Chongwon and Yeon, Jaehoon, 2023, Review of Cognitive Linguistics (21), 1, pp 140-177
View this articleInformation structure in Korean: What's new and what's old?
Park, Chongwon and Yeon, Jaehoon, 2023, Journal of Pragmatics (205), pp 16-32
View this articleWhy quantifiers float: A response to Kim (2013)
Park, Chongwon and Yeon, Jaehoon, 2022, Lingua: An International Review of General Linguistics (277)
View this articleExtra-linguistic knowledge and Pragmatics in the Interpretation of Korean Relative Clauses
Yeon, Jaehoon, 2021, 언어와 정보 사회 = Ene wa Cengpo sahoy (Language and Information Society) (44), pp 297-336
View this article보문절, 내핵관계절, 분열문에 나타나는 '것'의 통사의미론 = pomuncel, nayhayk kwankyecel, pwunyelmun ey nathananun 'kes' uy thongsa uymilon (A Syntactic-semantic analysis of the bound noun 'kes' in three different grammatical constructions in Korean)
Yeon, Jaehoon and Park, Chongwon, 2021, Ŏnŏhak = 언어학 = Journal of the Linguistic Society of Korea (90), pp 129-154
View this articleA Variety of Grammatical Constructions: Double-Accusative Constructions in Korean Revisited
Yeon, Jaehoon, 2019, Korean Linguistics = 한국 어학 = Han'guk ŏhak (85), pp 203-241
View this articleDiaspora Varieties of Korean: Morpho-syntactic Contrasts in Koryo Mar and Vernacular Yanbian Korean
Barnes-Sadler, Simon and Yeon, Jaehoon, 2019, Lingua: An International Review of General Linguistics (231)
View this articleTaehang chŏn'gong han'gugŏ kyoyugŭi myŏn kaji chaengjŏmgwa kwaje = A critical perspective on Korean language teaching in University settings: Issues and Tasks = 대학 전공 한국어 교육의 몇 가지 쟁점과 과제
Yeon, Jaehoon, 2019, 한국(조선)어교육연구 = Han'guk(Chosŏn)Ŏgyoyukyŏn-gu = Journal of Korean Language Education and Research (14), pp 71-106
View this articleAhn, Dongzoon and Yeon, Jaehoon, 2016, Nammyeonghag yeon'gu = The Nammyonghak Study (The Journal of Nammyong Studies) (52), pp 121-170
View this articleYulep hankwuk.e kyoyuk uy cayngcem kwa kwacey (Issues and tasks in Korean Language Educations in Europe)
Yeon, Jaehoon, 2015, International journal of Korean language education = 국제한국어교육 = Gukje han-gugeo gyoyuk (1), 2, pp 1-32
View this articleA linguistic analysis of lying in negative evaluations: The speech act performance of Chinese learners of Korean
Chen, Xi and Yeon, Jaehoon, 2015, Korean Language Education (26), pp 55-92
View this articleError Classifications and Strategies to Avoid Common Errors: An analysis of Brown and Yeon's 'Speed Up Your Korean'
An, Hyojin and Yeon, Jaehoon, 2015, International journal of Korean language education = 국제한국어교육 = Gukje han-gugeo gyoyuk (1), 1, pp 149-184
View this articleA functional-typological study on Korean relative clauses [in Korean] = Yuhyenglon cek kwancem uy hankwuk.e kwankyecel yenkwu
Yeon, Jaehoon, 2012, 國語學 = Kugŏhak = Journal of Korean Linguistics (63), pp 413-457
View this articleExperimental Research into the Phases of Acquisition of Korean Tense-Aspect: Focusing on the Progressive Marker '-ko issta' [in Korean]
Yeon, Jaehoon and Brown, Lucien, 2010, Korean Language Education (21), 1, pp 151-173
View this articleWas the Korean alphabet a sole invention of King Sejong?
Yeon, Jaehoon, 2010, Journal of Korean culture (go'lyeo daehag'gyo) (14), pp 183-216
View this articleReview of Prototypical Transitivty
Yeon, Jaehoon, 2009, Studies in Language (33), 1, pp 233-239
View this articleIs there ergativity in Korean? - The definition of ergativity and other uses of the term 'ergative' [in Korean]
Yeon, Jaehoon, 2008, Han'geul = Journal of the Korean Language Society = 한글 (282), pp 125-154
View this articleReview of The Korean Language: Structure, use, and context
Yeon, Jaehoon, 2008, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (71), 1, pp 158-159
View this articleTypology of Causative Constructions [in Korean]
Yeon, Jaehoon, 2007, 국제고려학 = International journal of Korean studies = Kukche Koryŏhak (11), pp 243-276
View this articleCoding Conflict or Semantic Contrast? The Grammatical Encoding of the Causee
Yeon, Jaehoon, 2007, Ŏnŏhak = 언어학 = Journal of the Linguistic Society of Korea (47), 4, pp 33-59
View this articleReview of The Sounds of Korean: A Pronunciation Guide
Yeon, Jaehoon, 2004, Review of Korean Studies (7), 3, pp 253-256
View this articleOn the Linguistic Divergence between North and South Korean
Yeon, Jaehoon and Mok, Jungsoo, 2003, Comparative Korean Studies (11), 1, pp 101-121
View this articleThonghap hapsenge eyse cepmisa cheli muncey wa nonhang pwunsek muncey caylon (Issues in the word-formation of synthetic compounds in Korean revisited)
Yeon, Jaehoon, 2003, Hyŏngtʻaeron =Morphology = 형태론 (5), pp 123-131
View this articleReview of 'The Korean Language'
Yeon, Jaehoon, 2002, Review of Korean Studies (5), 2, pp 321-326
View this articleReview of Modern Korean - An Intermediate Reader. By Kim Nam-Kil.
Yeon, Jaehoon, 2001, Acta Koreana (4), pp 157-159
View this articleOn Korean synthetic compounds
Yeon, Jaehoon, 2001, Hyŏngtʻaeron =Morphology = 형태론 (3), pp 333-343
View this articleThe present state of Korean language education at Universities in Europe
Yeon, Jaehoon, 2001, Ijung Ŏnŏhak = 이중언어학= Bilingual research (18), pp 381-401
View this articleTransitivity Alternation and Neutral-Verbs in Korean
Yeon, Jaehoon, 2001, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (64), 3, pp 381-391
View this articleHow different is Pyongyang speech from Seoul speech?
Yeon, Jaehoon, 2000, Papers of the British Association for Korean Studies (7), pp 241-252
View this articleIssues and Problems in developing elementary Korean textbooks for English speakers
Yeon, Jaehoon, 2000, Korean Language Education (7), pp 133-157
View this articleKorean Language Education for Distance Learning - with special focus on textbook development and teacher training
Yeon, Jaehoon, 2000, Ijung Ŏnŏhak = 이중언어학= Bilingual research (17), pp 359-390
View this articleWhen Causatives meet Passives in Korean
Yeon, Jaehoon, 2000, SOAS Working Papers in Linguistics (10), pp 249-268
View this articleA Cognitive Account of the Constraints on Possessor-Ascension Constructions
Yeon, Jaehoon, 1999, Language Research (35), pp 211-230
View this articleTransitive vs. Intransitive Patterns of Locative Alternations [in Korean] = 장소보어 교체구문의 자동사문과 타동사문 = Cangso poe kyochey kwumun uy catongsamun kwa thatongsamun
Yeon, Jaehoon, 1998, The Korean Journal of Linguistics = 언어 = Ŏnŏ (23), 1, pp 45-64
View this articleA prototype approach to the definition of transitivity [in Korean] = 타동성의 정의를 위한 원형이론적 접근 = thatongseng uy cenguy lul wihan wenhyeng iloncek cepkun
Yeon, Jaehoon, 1997, The Korean Journal of Linguistics = 언어 = Ŏnŏ (22), 1, pp 107-132
View this articleJapanese/Korean Linguistics, vol. 28
Jeon, Hae-Sung, (eds.), Sells, Peter, (eds.), You, Zixi, (eds.), Sotaro, Kita, (eds.) and Yeon, Jaehoon, (eds.) (2022). Stanford: CSLI Publications. (Japanese/Korean Linguistics)
View this bookThe Handbook of Korean Linguistics
Brown, Lucien, (eds.) and Yeon, Jaehoon, (eds.) (2015). Oxford: Wiley. (Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics)
View this book유럽 한국어 교육 의 현황 과 쟁점 : 유럽 한국어 교육자 워크숍 논문집 = Current issues in Korean language education in Europe / Yurŏp Han'gugŏ kyoyuk ŭi hyŏnhwang kwa chaengchŏm : Yurŏp Han'gugŏ kyoyukcha wŏk'ŭsyop nonmunjip
Yeon, Jaehoon, (ed.) (2011). Seoul: Pagijung Publishing Co.
View this bookStudies in Korean Morpho-Syntax: A Functional-Typological Perspective
Yeon, Jaehoon, (ed.) (2005). London: Saffron Books.
View this bookFunctional-Typological Studies in Korean Morpho-Syntax [Special issue of: Eoneohag: Journal of the Linguistic Society of Korea. Vol.32]
Yeon, Jaehoon, (ed.) (2002). Seoul: Linguistic Society of Korea. (Eoneohag: Journal of the Linguistic Society of Korea)
View this bookThe classification of the Korean language and its dialects
Ahn, Kyou-Dong and Yeon, Jaehoon (2020). In: Robbeets, Martine, (eds.), Savelyev, Alexander, (eds.) and Huebler, Nataliia, (eds.), The Oxford Guide to the Transeurasian Languages. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, pp 59-80
View this book sectionVarieties of Contemporary Korean
Brown, Lucien and Yeon, Jaehoon (2015). In: Brown, Lucien, (eds.) and Yeon, Jaehoon, (eds.), The Handbook of Korean Linguistics. Oxford: Wiley, pp 459-476
View this book sectionPassives
Yeon, Jaehoon (2015). In: Brown, Lucien, (eds.) and Yeon, Jaehoon, (eds.), The Handbook of Korean Linguistics. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, pp 116-136
View this book sectionOrganisation and Contents of Korean Pedagogical Grammar - With focus on Korean: A Comprehensive Grammar (Yeon and Brown)
Yeon, Jaehoon (2013). In: Sohn, Sung-ock, (eds.), Cho, S., (eds.) and You, S, (eds.), Studies in Korean Linguistics and Language Pedagogy: Festschrift for Ho-min Sohn. Seoul: Korea University Press, pp 566-582
View this book sectionKorean dialects: a general survey
Yeon, Jaehoon (2012). In: Tranter, Nicholas, (ed.), The Languages of Japan and Korea. Abingdon and New York: Routledge, pp 168-185
View this book sectionConstraints on Double-Accusative External Possession Constructions in Korean: A Cognitive approach
Yeon, Jaehoon (2010). In: Yeon, Jaehoon, (eds.) and Kiaer, Jieun, (eds.), Selected Papers from the 2nd European Conference on Korean Linguistics. Munchen: Lincom Europa
View this book sectionAcquisition Studies on Relative Clauses and their relevance to Korean Language Teaching
Yeon, Jaehoon and Brown, Lucien (2010). In: Fouser, Robert, (ed.), Contemporary Korean Linguistics: International Perspectives. Seoul: Thaehaksa, pp 23-45
View this book sectionHow different is Pyongyang speech from Seoul speech?
Yeon, Jaehoon (2007). In: Pares, Susan, (eds.) and Hoare, James E., (eds.), Korea: The Past and the Present. London: Brill Academic Publishers, pp 147-155
View this book section"Standard Language" and "Cultured Language"
Yeon, Jaehoon (2006). In: Sohn, Ho-min, (ed.), Korean Language in Culture and Society. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii Press, pp 31-43
View this book sectionCausative-Passive Correlations and Retained-Object Passive Constructions
Yeon, Jaehoon (2005). In: Yeon, Jaehoon, (ed.), Studies in Korean Morpho-Syntax. A Functional-Typological Perspective. London: Saffron, pp 163-183
View this book sectionSatongmun phisayekcwu uy kyekphyoci cwunchep ey kwanhan muncey (On doubling of the causee in causative constructions)
Yeon, Jaehoon (2002). In: Ko, Yeng-kun, (ed.), Munpep kwa Theksuthu (Grammar and Text). Seoul: Seoul National University Press, pp 411-430
View this book sectionHow can causatives come to be associated with passives in Korean
Yeon, Jaehoon (2002). In: Ahn, H-Don, (eds.) and Kim, N, (eds.), Selected Papers from Twelfth International Conference on Korean Linguistics. Seoul: Kyungjin Munhwasa, pp 537-550
View this book sectionAffectedness and the Degree of Transitivity in Korean
Yeon, Jaehoon (1998). In: King, Ross, (ed.), Description and Explanation in Korean Linguistics. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, pp 241-257
View this book sectionLinguistic Representation of Sewol Ferry Disaster: A Corpus-Based Analysis of Headlines from Two Korean Newspapers
Ju, You-Kyung and Yeon, Jaehoon (2015).
View this bookThe development of Korean language teaching materials over twenty years: From Teach Yourself Korean (1997) to Speed Up Your Korean (2016) [in Korean]
Yeon, Jaehoon(2018).
View this conference itemHankwuke Hoyhwa (Korean Conversation) (Edition with Jaewook Kim, Yeonhui Jung, and Yong Heo)
Yeon, Jaehoon (2001).
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