EBRU TÜRKER

Lecturer of Korean
Language, Linguistics, and Pedagogy

708 Old Engineering Hall
412-624-5562
Fax: 412-624-3458
turker@pitt.edu

First Year Korean 1

Tuesdays 4:00-5:00 or by appointment

Second Year Korean 1

Thursdays 4:00-5:00 or by appointment

Aspects of the Korean Language

Wednesdays 4:30-5:30 or by appointment

AREAS OF INTERESTS

Korean Language, Linguistics and Pedagogy

Second Language Acquisition

Cognitive Linguistics, Cognitive Model of Language Acquisition

Recent research projects:

Korean Language, Linguistics and Pedagogy: Korean polysemous grammatical morphemes, such as postpositions (dative/locative particle) and auxiliaries, and their acquisition processes in L2 contexts.

Second Language Acquisition: Longitudinal Acquisition of Korean Grammatical Morphemes

Cognitive Linguistics: Emotion words and their metaphors

COURSES TAUGHT

Beginner Korean:

First Year Korean 1-2: Spring 2009, Fall 2008, Spring 2008, Fall 2007, Spring 2007, Fall 2006, Spring 2006, Fall 2005; University of Pittsburgh.

Elementary Korean 1-2: Fall 2004, Spring 2005; University of Pittsburgh

Elementary Korean I-II: Fall 2003, Spring 2004, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

Intermediate Korean:

Second Year Korean 1-2: Spring 2009, Fall 2008, Spring 2008, Fall 2007, Spring 2007, Fall 2006, Spring 2006, Fall 2005; University of Pittsburgh.

Intermediate Korean 3-4: Fall 2004, Spring 2005; University of Pittsburgh

Intermediate Conversational Korean I-II: Fall 2002, Spring 2003; University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

Intermediate Korean II: Spring 2001; University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

Advanced Korean:

Third Year Korean 1-2: Spring 2009*, Fall 2008*, Spring 2008*Fall 2007*, Fall 2005, Spring 2006; University of Pittsburgh (*supervised)

Korean Culture:

Introduction to Korea through Films: Spring 2007, Fall 2008; University of Pittsburgh

Linguistics:

Aspects of the Korean Language: Fall 2009 (to be taught); University of Pittsburgh

Language and Society in Korea: Fall 2007; University of Pittsburgh

Introduction to Linguistics: Summer 2007; Konkuk University (Seoul Korea)

EDUCATION:

Ph.D., 2005, Department of East Asian Languages & Literatures, Korean Language & Linguistics, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, U.S.A.

MA,1997, Department of Linguistics, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.

BA, 1993, Department of Korean Language & Literature, Faculty of Letters, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey.

PUBLICATIONS:

In preparation, A Cross-Linguistic Study of Metaphorical Expressions of Anger, Happiness and Sadness in Korean and English

In preparation, Task Difficulty in Designing Oral Examination in the College Korean Language Classroom (tentative title)

In preparation, Cross-Linguistic Study on the Second Language Acquisition of Aspect in Japanese and Korean: The Case of Motion Verbs (co-authored with Dr. Yumiko Nishi)

Revising, The Locative Expressions in Korean and Turkish: A Cognitive Grammar Approach, PhD Dissertation

2003 The Notion of “Transitivity” in Turkish and Korean. In Explorations in Korean Language and Linguistics. (eds) Gregory K. Iverson & Sang-Cheol Ahn. Hankook Publishing Co.

2002 A Contrastive Study of “(l)-ul” Case Marker in Korean among Foreign Language Learners. Proceedings: Selected Papers from the Sixth College-wide Conference for Students in Language, Linguistics and Literature. University of Hawaii at Manoa.

1996 The Comparison of Long Vowels in Korean and Turkish. Proceedings of the First Seoul International Conference on Phonetic Sciences. The Phonetic Society of Korea.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

2008 Designing and Developing Oral Examinations in Korean Classrooms. 13th Annual Conference of the American Association of Teachers for Korean, University of SUNY at Binghamton, Binghamton. June 27-29.

2006 Korean Locative Expressions and Their Pedagogical Implications in L2 Korean: A Cognitive Grammar Approach. 11th Annual Conference of the American Association of Teachers for Korean, Rutgers University, New Jersey. June 22-23.

2005 The Locatives in Korean and Turkish: A Cognitive Grammar Analysis. Asia Over Lunch Spring 2005 Lecture Series. University of Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh. March 24.

2004 Turkish ‘-(y)e,’ Korean ‘-ey,’ and Japanese ‘ni’: The Construction of Meaning. The 2004 LSK International Conference. Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea. July 28-30.

2004 Dative Construction in Korean and Turkish. The 14th International Conference On Korean Linguistics. Colakli Center of Ankara University, Antalya, Turkey. July 12-16.

2004 Dative Construction in Korean and Turkish. The Third International Conference On Constructional Grammar. Marseille. France. July 7-10.

2003 Grammaticalizatian of the Korean Dative Case Marker. 7th Annual College-Wide Conference for Graduate Students in Languages, Linguistics, and Literature. University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa April 12.

2002 The Notion of “Transitivity” in Korean and Turkish. The 13th International Conference on Korean Linguistics. University of Oslo. July 8-10.

2002 A Contrastive Study of the “-(l)-ul” Case Marker in Korean among Foreign Language Learners. The 6th Annual Conference for Graduate Students in the College of Languages, Linguistics, and Literature, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. April 20.