Soonja Choi
List of John Benjamins publications in which Soonja Choi is involved.
Journal
ISSN 1879-7865 | E‑ISSN 1879‑7873
Title
Acquisition of Korean: The state of the art
Edited by Soonja Choi
In chapters encompassing phonology, reading and writing, the lexicon, morphology, syntax, and semantics, Acquisition of Korean: The State of the Art offers a comprehensive overview of research in each area, along with cutting-edge original studies. Designed to document, support, and inspire… read more[Trends in Language Acquisition Research, 36] 2026. vii, 505 pp. + index
2026 Chapter 3. L1 acquisition of lexicon and morphology in Korean Acquisition of Korean: The state of the art, Choi, Soonja (ed.), pp. 78–116 | Chapter
The chapter examines the development of lexicon and morphology in Korean children, from the single-word stage to early sentence construction stage (18 months to 4 years of age) with a crosslinguistic perspective. The analysis draws upon existing literature as well as the author’s own database.… read more
2026 Chapter 4. Development of clause chaining and interclausal semantics in Korean children Acquisition of Korean: The state of the art, Choi, Soonja (ed.), pp. 117–153 | Chapter
This chapter presents the developmental trajectory of clause chaining construction in Korean using longitudinal mother-child interaction data (ages 2–5 years) and cross-sectional description data (ages 3–10 years, and adults). Starting from 2 years of age, Korean children connect clauses using… read more
2026 Introduction Acquisition of Korean: The state of the art, Choi, Soonja (ed.), pp. 1–31 | Chapter
2018 Chapter 5. Language-specificity in motion expression: Early acquisition in Korean compared to French and English Sources of Variation in First Language Acquisition: Languages, contexts, and learners, Hickmann, Maya †, Edy Veneziano and Harriet Jisa (eds.), pp. 103–122 | Chapter
This chapter examines the development of motion expression in two Korean children (1;11 to 4;2), compared to children acquiring French and English (from Hickmann et al. 2009). Korean is a verb-framed language (like French but unlike English which is satellite-framed; cf. Talmy 1985, 2000), and… read more
2013 Language-specificity of motion event expressions in young Korean children Grammaticalization and First Language Acquisition: Crosslinguistic perspectives, Bassano-Bonhommo, Dominique and Maya Hickmann † (eds.), pp. 157–184 | Article
This paper examines the development of motion expressions in two Korean children. The database consists of bi-weekly to monthly recordings of spontaneous mother–child interaction in their home between ages 1:11 and 4;2. All expressions of motion, both spontaneous and caused, were analyzed following… read more
2011 Language-specificity of motion event expressions in young Korean children Grammaticalization and first language acquisition – Crosslinguistic perspectives/Grammaticalisation et acquisition des langues premières - Perspectives interlangues, Bassano-Bonhommo, Dominique and Maya Hickmann † (eds.), pp. 157–184 | Article
This paper examines the development of motion expressions in two Korean children. The database consists of bi-weekly to monthly recordings of spontaneous mother–child interaction in their home between ages 1:11 and 4;2. All expressions of motion, both spontaneous and caused, were analyzed following… read more
1995 The Development of Epistemic Sentence-ending Modal Forms and Functions in Korean Children Modality in Grammar and Discourse, Bybee, Joan L. and Suzanne Fleischman (eds.), pp. 165–204 | Article