I am a linguist and researcher at the University of Pennsylvania, working on morphosyntax in Indonesian languages, particularly colloquial Indonesian and Madurese. I currently hold a faculty lectureship in Critical Writing in the Disciplines at Penn. For Fall 2018, I am teaching two separate topics in linguistics, within the writing program (see Teaching page).

Fall 2018 Office hours:  3808 Walnut St, Room 402
Mondays:  by appointment  12:30 – 2 PM (sign up through course homepage on Canvas)
Wednesdays:  drop-in hours 12:30 – 2 PM

Broadly speaking, my research interests include syntax and its interfaces; syntactic variability; best practices in fieldwork, particularly in under-represented languages; writing about linguistics/language; and collaborative research models. For the most recent version of my CV, please contact me by email at:  jeoungh (at) sas.upenn.edu.

In my dissertation, Optional Elements in Indonesian Morphosyntax (defended in Aug 2018), I investigate the interaction of syntactic constraints with surface optionality, with a focus on functional elements that are variable for a single speaker. The dissertation was supervised by Julie Legate; David Embick and Florian Schwarz were committee members.