Staff Profile
Dr Hana Jee
Lecturer
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I graduated from Seoul National University, South Korea in 2008 with BA in English Education. After many years of teaching English as a second language in South Korea, I resumed my postgraduate study in 2015 in Edinburgh. I obtained MSc with Merit in Psychology of Language at the University of Edinburgh, along with the Highly Commended Dissertation Award. I received PhD in Psychology at the University of Edinburgh in 2021.
- School – School of Education, Language and Psychology
- Email – h.jee@yorksj.ac.uk
- Research - View my work in RaY
Teaching
I taught English to chosen Korean students for over 10 years for Korean SAT. I also taught English to adults for business and other purposes. I published one English grammar book in 2007 (Publisher: Eomunhaksa) and four textbooks in 2010 (Publisher: Joan English).
I began to teach Korean to young learners at Edinburgh Hangeul School in 2019 and successfully launched adult classes in 2021. I also taught Korean to undergraduates at the University of Edinburgh in 2019. In 2022, I self-published two Korean grammar books and one reading textbook.
At York St John University, I teach Korean language modules across years and some other general linguistic modules like Descriptive Grammar of English and Language and Society.
Research
My research interest lies in the universal systematicity between linguistic forms and their meanings in many languages. I am also interested in designing creative methods to quantify any linguistic qualities, for example, the distance between word meanings, or the distance between letter shapes.
Publications and Conferences
Journal publications
Jee, Tamariz, & Shillcock. (2022). Exploring meaning-sound systematicity in Korean. Journal of East Asian Linguistics
Jee, Tamariz, & Shillcock (2022) Systematicity in language and the fast and slow creation of writing systems: Understanding two types of non-arbitrary relations between orthographic characters and their canonical pronunciation, Cognition
Jee, Tamariz, & Shillcock (2020) How systematically can phonology be intentionally represented in orthography? Quantifying phonographic systematicity in Korean Hangeul, Pitman’s shorthand, the Shavian alphabet, and English. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.15532.41609
Jee, Tamariz, & Shillcock (2019) Hangeul, the materialized equality: the contribution of hangeul to fairer societies through enhanced literacy. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.33682.91842
Proceeding papers
Jee, Tamariz, & Shillcock. (2022) Letters and their sounds are not perfectly arbitrary: Exploring grapho-phonemic systematicity in multiple orthography systems. JCoLE2022
Jee, Tamariz & Shillcock. (2022) Grapho-Syllabic Systematicity in Chinese: Chinese Pictographs Have a Non-Arbitrary relation with their Pronunciations. Cognitive Science Proceedings
Jee, H, Tamariz, M. & Shillcock, R. Quantifying sound-graphic systematicity; Application to multiple phonographic orthographies. Haralambous, Y. (2021, February). Proceedings of Grapholinguistics in the 21st Century, June 17-19, 2020. In G21C 2020: Grapholinguistics in the 21st Century (Vol. 4). Fluxus Editions.
Jee, Tamariz, & Shillcock (2020) The meaning-sound systematicity also found in the Korean language. Cognitive Science Proceedings
Jee, Tamariz, & Shillcock (2020) Quantifying sound-graphic systematicity and application on multiple phonographs. Cognitive Science Proceedings
Conference presentations
Does reformed spelling enhance a meaning-form relation? 06/2018
Psycholinguistics in Flanders, Ghent University, Belgium
How systematic is Hangul? 10/2018
Yun Posun Memorial Symposium, The University of Edinburgh
Measuring how orthographic form correlates with phonological form 03/2019
Association of Written Language and Literacy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Sound-Graphic Systematicity: Letters that sound similar also look similar 03/2019
Psycholinguistics in Flanders, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
Are there better fonts to teach? Letter-sound connection becomes stronger in some fonts 06/2019
Cross-Sector Annual Conference on New Perspectives on Language Teaching and Learning, “Widening Participation”, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
Quantifying sound-graphic systematicity and application on multiple phonographs 06/2020 Grapholinguistics in the 21st Century
The meaning-sound systematicity also found in the Korean language 07/2020
Cognitive Science 2020, Toronto, Canada (Online)
Quantifying sound-graphic systematicity and application on multiple phonographs 07/2020
Cognitive Science 2020, Toronto, Canada (Online)
Introduction Systematicity in language 11/2020
4th International Neurobiology of Speech and Language Conference, St. Petersburg, Russia (Online)
Sound-graphic Systematicity Quantified and Found in Multiple Phonographs 10/2021
13th International Workshop on Writing Systems and Literacy, University of North Carolina, USA (Online)
Grapho-phonemic systematicity in Korean hangeul – Does it assist learning? 06/2022
Grapholinguistics in the 21st Century, Palaiseau, France
Grapho-Syllabic Systematicity in Chinese: Chinese Pictographs Have a Non-Arbitrary relation with their Pronunciations. 07/2022 Cognitive Science Proceedings, Toronto, Canada
Letters and their sounds are not perfectly arbitrary: Exploring grapho-phonemic systematicity in multiple orthography systems. 09/2022 Joint Conference on Language Evolution, Kanazawa, Japan
Professional Activities
I worked for Koryo International Patent Law Office, Seoul, South Korea, between 2010 and 2013 at International Administration Department. I managed legal procedures, organized large amounts of data that are constantly updated, and communicated with formal and informal entities for various projects.
