Boo Kyung Jung
List of John Benjamins publications in which Boo Kyung Jung is involved.
2026 L2K-ARG: Introducing and evaluating a learner corpus of Korean argumentative writing International Journal of Learner Corpus Research: Online-First Articles | Article
The present study introduces an open-access corpus of Korean second language argumentative writing (L2K-ARG) produced by university-level learners with different first-language backgrounds. The corpus contains 484 essays written in response to three standardized prompts under timed,… read more
2025 Interactive roles of L1 properties and L2 textbook input for constructing L2 knowledge: Evidence from Korean subject−predicate honorific agreement ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 176:2, pp. 184–218 | Article
This study investigates how morphosyntactic features of learners’ L1 (Czech; English) and characteristics of L2-textbook input jointly contribute to L2-Korean learners’ comprehension of Korean subject–predicate honorific agreement, focusing on the two mismatch conditions on the honorific status… read more
2022 The nature of L2 input: Analysis of textbooks for learners of Korean as a second language When Corpus Linguistics meets acquisition of Korean: Implications on the use of Korean corpora for developmental research on Korean, Shin, Gyu-Ho (ed.), pp. 182–208 | Article
How language learners of Korean acquire knowledge on postpositions has been a long-standing research question in Korean language pedagogy due to their polysemous nature. The present study investigates the nature of input involving the locative function of the postposition -ey, one of the… read more
2022 Input–output relation in second language acquisition: Textbook and learner writing for adult English-speaking beginners of Korean Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 45:3, pp. 347–370 | Article
Studies on the role of input in L2 acquisition often estimate L2 input properties through L1 corpora and focus on L2-English. This study probes the initial stage of L2-Korean learning for adult English-speaking beginners of Korean to investigate input-output relations in the acquisition of L2… read more
2021 Automatic analysis of passive constructions in Korean: Written production by Mandarin-speaking learners of Korean Natural language processing for learner corpus research, Kyle, Kristopher (ed.), pp. 53–82 | Article
The present study aims to explore the applicability of automatic analysis to L2-Korean learner corpora, with a special focus on learners’ use of a clause-level construction. For this purpose, we investigate L1-Mandarin L2-Korean learners’ written production of two passive construction types in… read more