Yoonsang Song

Yoonsang Song’s research explores the syntactic and morphological representation of language, with a particular focus on how language is processed by second language learners and bilingual speakers. He uses various experimental methods including electroencephalography (EEG). Prior to joining HKU, he worked at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (2017-2019) as Research Assistant Professor, and at HKU (2016-2017) as Visiting Assistant Professor. He received his Ph.D. in linguistics from Georgetown University, and his B.A. in Business Administration from Seoul National University.

Eduation

• Ph.D. in Linguistics from Georgetown University, 2015. Second Language Processing of Derivational and Inflectional Morphology in English (Committee: Donna Lardiere (Chair), Nan Jiang, Elissa Newport)
• M.A. in Linguistics from University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, 2010. (Advisor: William O’Grady)
• B.A. in Business Administration from Seoul National University, 2007. (cum laude)

Companies

• Assistant Professor The University of Hong Kong (2020)
• Research Assistant Professor The Chinese University of Hong Kong (2017 — 2020)
• Visiting Assistant Professor The University of Hong Kong (2016 — 2017)
• Research and Teaching Assistant Georgetown University (2010 — 2015)
• Corporate Strategy Analyst E1 (2007 — 2008)
• Project Manager Nexon (2003 — 2005)