About

I am a linguist with research interests at the syntax-semantics interface. I am also keenly interested in doing corpus-based studies. In 2022, I received my PhD in linguistics from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Currently, I am an Academic Research Professor at the Institute for the Study of Language and Information (ISLI), Kyung Hee University, Seoul.

journal articles

Proceedings

PhD Dissertation

Presentations

  • Kim, Okgi, Seulkee Park, and Jong-Bok Kim. 2024. Elliptical constructions in sign languages. 2024 Chosun University Department of Applied Linguistics and Sign Languages - Graduate Seminar: Integration of Visual and Spoken Languages. Gwangju, Korea: Chosun University. December 13.
  • Kim, Okgi and Jong-Bok Kim. 2024. Nonstandard 'why'-like 'what' construction as a mirative strategy in Korean. 2024 Fall Joint Conference of the Korean Generative Grammar Circle (KGGC) and the Korean Society for Language and Information (KSLI). Seoul, Korea: Chung-Ang University. November 9.
  • Park, Youn-Gyu, Okgi Kim, and Jong-Bok Kim. 2024. Korean coordinated wh-questions: A theoretical and experimental perspective. 2024 Research Workshop on Fragments in Seoul, September 7. Kyung Hee Institute for the Study of Language and Information.
  • Kim, Okgi and Jong-Bok Kim. 2024. Elliptical why not? questions: A corpus-based perspective. Fragments 2024 research seminar. 2024 Joint Workshops on Fragments hosted by the Language Variation and Textual Categorisation (LVTC) research group. June 22. University of Vigo.
  • Kim, Okgi and Jong-Bok Kim. 2024. English why not? fragment questions: A corpus-based perspective. The 45th International Computer Archive of Modern and Medieval English (ICAME). June 18-22.
  • Kim, Okgi and Jong-Bok Kim. 2023. Elliptical why not?: A corpus-based perspective. A talk given at The Linguistic Society of Korea Winter Conference. December 9.
  • Kim, Okgi. 2023. Korean what-exclamatives and their implications. An invited talk given at The Korean Society for Language and Information. September 23.
  • Kim, Okgi. 2022. Reformulative accusative constructions in Korean. A talk given online at 2022 LSK Winter Conference, Dec 10.
  • Kim, Okgi. 2022. On the syntax and semantics of `what'-exclamatives in Korean. A poster presented at the 96th Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA 96), Jan 6-9.
  • Kim, Okgi. 2021. How can `what'-questions be interpreted as `why'-quesitons? A talk given online at 2021 Winter Young Scholar Symposium, December 9-11, hosted by the Linguistic Society of Korea and ISLI, Kyung Hee University.
  • Kim, Okgi. 2021. There are `what'-exclamatives in Korean! A poster presented virtually at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the North East Linguistic Society (NELS 52), October 29-31, Rutgers University.
  • Kim, Okgi. 2021. Korean has `what'-exclamatives! A talk presented virtually at the 15th Arizona Linguistics Circle (ALC15), Oct 15-17.
  • Kim, Okgi and Jong-Bok Kim. 2021. A construction-based approach to negative wh-constructions in Korean. A talk given virtually at Korean Linguistics in Crosslinguistic Context (KLCC), June 4-6, Cornell University.
  • Kim, Okgi and Jong-Bok Kim. 2021. Negative wh-constructions in Korean: A construction-based perspective. A talk given virtually at the 29th Joint Workshop on Linguistics and Language Processing (JWLLP), June 4, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
  • Kim, Okgi. 2021. On the syntax of `why'-like `what' in Korean. A talk presented virtually at the 29th edition of the Conference of the Student Organisation of Linguistics in Europe (ConSOLE). January 26-28.
  • Kim, Okgi and Seulkee Park. 2021. The double life of mwes-ulo `what-with': A reason wh-adverb and an instrumental wh-nominal. A talk presented virtually at the 95th Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA95). January 7-10, 2021. San Francisco, CA.
  • Kim, Okgi. 2021. On the syntax of `why'-like `how' in Korean. A poster presented virtually at the 95th Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA95). January 7-10, 2021. San Francisco, CA.
  • Kim, Okgi. 2020. On the syntax of negative wh-constructions in Korean. A talk presented virtually at the 34th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation (PACLIC34). October 24-26, 2020. VNU University of Science, Hanoi.
  • Kim, Okgi. 2020. Korean topic-type multiple accusative constructions as vacuous reformulative appositions. The 56th Annual Meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society (CLS 56). April 30-May 2, 2020. The University of Chicago (canceled due to COVID-19).
  • Kim, Okgi. 2020. Specificational afterthoughts in English as inverted specificational pseudoclefts. A poster presented at the 94th Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA 94). January 2-5, 2020. New Orleans, LA.
  • Kim, Dong Jin, Okgi Kim, and Hanyong Park. 2019. Prosodic realization of multiple accusative construction in Korean. A poster presented at Hanyang International Symposium on Phonetics and Cognitive Sciences of Language 2019 (HISPhonCog2019). May 24-25, 2019. Hanyang University, Seoul.
  • Kim, Okgi. 2019. Specificational right dislocation in Korean as remnant-VP movement. A talk presented at the 11th Annual Meeting of the Illinois Language and Linguistics Society (ILLS11). April 26-28, 2019. University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
  • Kim, Okgi and Jong-Bok Kim. 2018. English how come construction: A corpus-based perspective. A talk presented at the Workshop in General Linguistics (WIGL15). April 7, 2018. University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  • Kim, Okgi and Jong-Bok Kim. 2015. Is much enough of a quantifier?: A corpus-based perspective. The 10th Annual Purdue Linguistics Association Symposium (PLA10). April 10-11, 2015. Purdue University, USA.
  • Kim, Okgi and Jong-Bok Kim. 2014. Right dislocation construction in English: A constraintbased approach. The 30th Northwest Linguistics Conference (NWLC 30). April 26-27, 2014. Simon Fraser University, Canada.
  • Kim, Okgi and Jong-Bok Kim. 2013. What with absolute constructions: A corpus-based approach. 2013 Joint Conference of Korean Association for Corpus Linguistics (KACL) & The 2013 Linguistic Association of Korea. May 23, 2013. Jeonju University, Jeonju, Korea.
  • Kim, Okgi and Jong-Bok Kim. 2012. How come and why: similarities and differences. The 8th International Congress on English Grammar (ICEG8). April 26-27, 2014. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
  • Lee, Seung-Han, Okgi Kim, and Jong-Bok Kim. 2011. English how come construction: A double life. The 5th Arizona Linguistics Circle (ALC5). October 28-30, 2011. The University of Arizona, USA.
  • Teaching

    Spring 2025

    Department of English Linguistics and Literature, Kyung Hee University, Seoul
    • Understanding English Syntactic Phenomena
    • Big Data and English Learning
    • Contrasts between English and Korean

    Fall 2024

    Department of English Linguistics and Literature, Kyung Hee University, Seoul
    • Semantics and Pragmatics of English
    • Contrastive Analysis of English and Korean

    Spring 2024

    Department of English Linguistics and Literature, Kyung Hee University, Seoul
    • Exploring English Syntax and Semantics
    • Big Data and English Learning
    • Contrasts between English and Korean

    Winter 2023

    Department of English Linguistics and Literature, Kyung Hee University, Seoul
    • Understanding English Syntactic Phenomena

    Winter 2023

    Department of English Language and Literature, Chung-Ang University, Seoul
    • English Grammar

    Fall 2023

    Department of English Linguistics and Literature, Kyung Hee University, Seoul
    • English Syntax
    • English Grammar

    Fall 2023

    Department of English Linguistics and Literature, Kyung Hee University, Seoul
    • Introduction to English Linguistics
    • Modern Grammar and Analysis of Constructions

    Spring 2023

    Department of English Language and Literature, Graduate School, Chung-Ang University, Seoul
    • Studies in Contemporary Syntactic Theories

    Spring 2023

    Department of English Language and Literature, Chung-Ang University, Seoul
    • Introduction to English Syntax

    Spring 2023

    Department of English Linguistics and Literature, Kyung Hee University, Seoul
    • Big Data and English Learning
    • History of the English Language

    Fall 2022

    Department of English Linguistics and Literature, Kyung Hee University, Seoul
    • Introduction to English Linguistics
    • English Semantics and Pragmatics

    Fall 2019 - Spring 2021

    Department of Linguistics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA
    • The Diversity of Human Language (as a Sole Instructor)

    Fall 2018 - Spring 2019

    Department of Linguistics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA
    • The Diversity of Human Language (as a Discussion Section Instructor)

    Projects

    Sep 2024 - Aug 2025. Principal Investigator of ``[BK21] Khreative U+ 2024 SDGs Junior Researcher Program'' - Implications from big data for (coordinated) multiple wh-questions in natural languages: An empirical and experimental perspective
    Apr 2024 - Present. Co-investigator of ``[NRF] General Joint Research'' - Response systems in natural languages: An empirical and experimental investigation [PI: Jong-Bok Kim].
    Oct 2023 - Sep 2024. Co-investigator of ``[NRF] Korea-Spain International Mobility Program'' - Implications from big data for the language of response in Korean, Spanish, and English [PI: Jong-Bok Kim].