Ph.D. in Linguistics, University of Michigan, 2015
M.A. in English Linguistics, Seoul National University, 2007
B.A. in English Language and Literature, Seoul National University, 2005
Harim Kwon is a laboratory phonologist/phonetician, mainly interested in the nature of the cognitive representations of human speech sounds and the relationship of these representations to their physical aspects. Given this focus, she typically uses empirical data to study the consequences of speaker-listeners’ linguistic experience (e.g., learning a first or additional language) for their perception and production of speech, as well as their phonological (cognitive) knowledge. Her publications include “A non-contrastive cue in spontaneous imitation: comparing mono- and bilingual imitators” (Journal of Phonetics 88, 2021), “The role of native phonology in spontaneous imitation: Evidence from Seoul Korean” (Laboratory Phonology 10, 2019), “Language experience, speech perception, and loanword adaptation: Variable adaptation of English word-final plosives into Korean” (Journal of Phonetics 60, 2017), “Production and perception of Mandarin laryngeal contrast: The role of post-plosive f0” (with Yuting Guo, Frontiers in Communication 7, 2022).