Taehong Cho, Ph.D.


Professor of Linguistics


 
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Taehong Cho is Professor of Linguistics (HYU Distinguished Research Fellow), and Director of Hanyang Institute for Phonetics and Cognitive Sciences of Language (HIPCS). Professor Cho earned his PhD degree in Phonetics at UCLA in 2001, and worked at Max Planck Institute for psycholinguistics till 2005. He teaches English Phonetics, Psycholinguistics, and Phonetics-Prosody interface. His research focuses on interaction between phonetics and prosodic structure in speech production and perception, cross-linguistic variation, and bilingualism issues in L1 vs. L2 phonetics. Professor Cho is the recipient of the HCR (highly cited researcher) award, the author of the book "The Effects of Prosody on Articulation in English" (Routledge), and the author of a highly cited article "Variation and Universals in VOT: Evidence from 18 Languages" (with Peter Ladefoged). Professor Cho is currently serving as Editor-in-Chief for Journal of Phonetics (Elsevier), Co-Editor for Studies in Laboratory Phonology (Language Science Press), and Editorial Board member for Laboratory Phonology.