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Jiyoung Yoon

Title: Professor

Department: Spanish

College: College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Curriculum Vitae

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Education

  • PhD, Indiana University, 2002
    Major: Spanish
    Specialization: Hispanic Linguistics
  • MA, University of Guadalajara, 1995
    Major: Teaching Language and Literature
    Specialization: Teaching of Spanish Language / Literature / Linguistics
  • BA, Seoul National University, 1990
    Major: Spanish

Current Scheduled Teaching

SPAN 3003.001Advanced GrammarSpring 2025
SPAN 4210.001Spanish Phonetics and PronunciationFall 2024 Syllabus
SPAN 5270.001Spanish Syntax and MorphologyFall 2024

Previous Scheduled Teaching

SPAN 3003.001Advanced GrammarSpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 4210.001Spanish Phonetics and PronunciationSpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 5230.001Advanced Spanish GrammarFall 2023 SPOT
SPAN 3003.002Advanced GrammarSpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 4210.001Spanish Phonetics and PronunciationSpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 4250.001Acquisition of Spanish as a Second LanguageFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 4210.001Spanish Phonetics and PronunciationFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 5240.001Spanish LinguisticsSpring 2022 SPOT
SPAN 4210.001Spanish Phonetics and PronunciationSpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 4900.003Special ProblemsSpring 2022
SPAN 3002.002Advanced Conversation for Native/Heritage SpeakersFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 4210.001Spanish Phonetics and PronunciationFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 4260.001Linguistic Structures of SpanishSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 4210.001Spanish Phonetics and PronunciationSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 2040.009Intermediate SpanishFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 4210.001Spanish Phonetics and PronunciationFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 5270.001Spanish Syntax and MorphologyFall 2020 SPOT
SPAN 3001.001Advanced Conversation for Non Native SpeakersSummer 5W1 2020 Syllabus
SPAN 5230.001Advanced Spanish GrammarSpring 2020
SPAN 4210.001Spanish Phonetics and PronunciationSpring 2020 Syllabus
SPAN 4260.001Linguistic Structures of SpanishFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 4210.001Spanish Phonetics and PronunciationFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 4250.001Acquisition of Spanish as a Second LanguageFall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 5240.001Spanish LinguisticsFall 2018 SPOT
SPAN 4210.001Spanish Phonetics and PronunciationFall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 3080.601Advanced Spanish Composition and Grammar for BilingualsSummer 5W1 2018 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 3060.601Advanced Spanish Composition and Oral PracticeSummer 5W1 2018 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 4260.001Linguistic Structures of SpanishSpring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 5950.707Master's ThesisSpring 2018
SPAN 5950.708Master's ThesisSpring 2018
SPAN 4210.001Spanish Phonetics and PronunciationSpring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 4250.001Acquisition of Spanish as a Second LanguageFall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 5950.708Master's ThesisFall 2017
SPAN 4210.001Spanish Phonetics and PronunciationFall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 4210.002Spanish Phonetics and PronunciationFall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 3060.601Advanced Spanish Composition and Oral PracticeSummer 8W1 2017 Syllabus
SPAN 4260.001Linguistic Structures of SpanishSpring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 5950.708Master's ThesisSpring 2017
SPAN 4210.001Spanish Phonetics and PronunciationSpring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 4250.001Acquisition of Spanish as a Second LanguageFall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 5950.708Master's ThesisFall 2016
SPAN 5200.002Seminar in SpanishFall 2016 SPOT
SPAN 4210.001Spanish Phonetics and PronunciationFall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 4900.702Special ProblemsFall 2016
SPAN 3060.601Advanced Spanish Composition and Oral PracticeSummer 8W1 2016 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 4260.001Linguistic Structures of SpanishSpring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 5950.708Master's ThesisSpring 2016
SPAN 4210.001Spanish Phonetics and PronunciationSpring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 4250.001Acquisition of Spanish as a Second LanguageFall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 5230.001Advanced Spanish GrammarFall 2015 SPOT
SPAN 5950.708Master's ThesisFall 2015
SPAN 4210.001Spanish Phonetics and PronunciationFall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 3060.601Advanced Spanish Composition and Oral PracticeSummer 8W1 2015 Syllabus SPOT
SPAN 3060.602Advanced Spanish Composition and Oral PracticeSummer 8W1 2015 SPOT
SPAN 4250.001Acquisition of Spanish as a Second LanguageSpring 2015 Syllabus
SPAN 4260.001Linguistic Structures of SpanishSpring 2015 Syllabus
SPAN 5950.708Master's ThesisSpring 2015
SPAN 5950.001Master's ThesisFall 2014
SPAN 5240.001Spanish LinguisticsFall 2014
SPAN 4210.001Spanish Phonetics and PronunciationFall 2014 Syllabus
SPAN 4210.002Spanish Phonetics and PronunciationFall 2014 Syllabus
SPAN 3060.001Advanced Spanish Composition and Oral PracticeSummer 8W1 2014
SPAN 3060.002Advanced Spanish Composition and Oral PracticeSummer 8W1 2014
SPAN 4250.001Acquisition of Spanish as a Second LanguageSpring 2014 Syllabus
SPAN 4260.001Linguistic Structures of SpanishSpring 2014 Syllabus
SPAN 5950.002Master's ThesisSpring 2014
SPAN 5200.002Seminar in SpanishFall 2013
SPAN 4210.002Spanish Phonetics and PronunciationFall 2013 Syllabus
SPAN 3080.001Advanced Spanish Composition and Grammar for BilingualsSummer 5W1 2013 Syllabus
SPAN 3080.002Advanced Spanish Composition and Grammar for BilingualsSummer 5W1 2013 Syllabus
SPAN 3060.001Advanced Spanish Composition and Oral PracticeSummer 5W1 2013 Syllabus
SPAN 3060.002Advanced Spanish Composition and Oral PracticeSummer 5W1 2013 Syllabus
SPAN 4250.001Acquisition of Spanish as a Second LanguageSpring 2013 Syllabus
SPAN 4260.001Linguistic Structures of SpanishSpring 2013 Syllabus
SPAN 5230.001Advanced Spanish GrammarFall 2012
SPAN 4210.002Spanish Phonetics and PronunciationFall 2012 Syllabus
SPAN 3060.001Advanced Spanish Composition and Oral PracticeSummer 5W1 2012
SPAN 3060.002Advanced Spanish Composition and Oral PracticeSummer 5W1 2012
SPAN 3060.003Advanced Spanish Composition and Oral PracticeSummer 5W1 2012
SPAN 4250.001Acquisition of Spanish as a Second LanguageSpring 2012 Syllabus
SPAN 4260.001Linguistic Structures of SpanishSpring 2012 Syllabus
SPAN 4210.001Spanish Phonetics and PronunciationFall 2011 Syllabus
SPAN 4210.002Spanish Phonetics and PronunciationFall 2011 Syllabus
SPAN 3080.001Advanced Spanish Composition and Grammar for BilingualsSummer 5W1 2011
SPAN 3060.001Advanced Spanish Composition and Oral PracticeSummer 5W1 2011
SPAN 4250.001Acquisition of Spanish as a Second LanguageSpring 2011 Syllabus
SPAN 4210.001Spanish Phonetics and PronunciationSpring 2011 Syllabus
SPAN 4260.001Linguistic Structures of SpanishFall 2010 Syllabus
SPAN 5200.001Seminar in SpanishFall 2010
SPAN 4210.001Spanish Phonetics and PronunciationFall 2010 Syllabus
SPAN 3060.001Advanced Spanish Composition and Oral PracticeSummer 5W1 2010
SPAN 5230.001Advanced Spanish GrammarFall 2009
SPAN 4260.001Linguistic Structures of SpanishFall 2009
SPAN 3060.002Advanced Spanish Composition and Oral PracticeSummer 5W1 2009
SPAN 3060.003Advanced Spanish Composition and Oral PracticeFall 2008
SPAN 5200.004Seminar in SpanishFall 2008
SPAN 3060.001Advanced Spanish Composition and Oral PracticeSummer 5W1 2008
SPAN 4120.001Advanced Spanish GrammarSpring 2008
SPAN 4210.001Spanish Phonetics and PronunciationSpring 2008
SPAN 4210.002Spanish Phonetics and PronunciationSpring 2008
SPAN 3060.003Advanced Spanish Composition and Oral PracticeFall 2007
SPAN 5150.001Seminar in SpanishFall 2007
SPAN 4120.001Advanced Spanish GrammarSpring 2007
SPAN 4210.001Spanish Phonetics and PronunciationSpring 2007
SPAN 4210.002Spanish Phonetics and PronunciationSpring 2007
SPAN 3060.003Advanced Spanish Composition and Oral PracticeFall 2006
SPAN 5230.001Advanced Spanish GrammarFall 2006
SPAN 1010.301Elementary SpanishSpring 2006
SPAN 1010.302Elementary SpanishSpring 2006
SPAN 1010.304Elementary SpanishSpring 2006
SPAN 1010.305Elementary SpanishSpring 2006
SPAN 1010.306Elementary SpanishSpring 2006
SPAN 1010.309Elementary SpanishSpring 2006
SPAN 1010.310Elementary SpanishSpring 2006
SPAN 1010.312Elementary SpanishSpring 2006
SPAN 1010.313Elementary SpanishSpring 2006
SPAN 1010.314Elementary SpanishSpring 2006
SPAN 1020.302Elementary SpanishSpring 2006
SPAN 1020.304Elementary SpanishSpring 2006
SPAN 1020.305Elementary SpanishSpring 2006
SPAN 1020.307Elementary SpanishSpring 2006
SPAN 1020.308Elementary SpanishSpring 2006
SPAN 1020.311Elementary SpanishSpring 2006
SPAN 1020.312Elementary SpanishSpring 2006
SPAN 1020.313Elementary SpanishSpring 2006
SPAN 1020.314Elementary SpanishSpring 2006
SPAN 1020.315Elementary SpanishSpring 2006
SPAN 4210.001Spanish Phonetics and PronunciationSpring 2006
SPAN 3060.003Advanced Spanish Composition and Oral PracticeFall 2005
SPAN 1010.302Elementary SpanishFall 2005
SPAN 1010.303Elementary SpanishFall 2005
SPAN 1010.306Elementary SpanishFall 2005
SPAN 1010.307Elementary SpanishFall 2005
SPAN 1010.308Elementary SpanishFall 2005
SPAN 1010.309Elementary SpanishFall 2005
SPAN 1010.310Elementary SpanishFall 2005
SPAN 1010.311Elementary SpanishFall 2005
SPAN 1010.312Elementary SpanishFall 2005
SPAN 1010.313Elementary SpanishFall 2005
SPAN 1010.314Elementary SpanishFall 2005
SPAN 1010.315Elementary SpanishFall 2005
SPAN 1010.316Elementary SpanishFall 2005
SPAN 1010.317Elementary SpanishFall 2005
SPAN 1010.318Elementary SpanishFall 2005
SPAN 1020.306Elementary SpanishFall 2005
SPAN 1020.309Elementary SpanishFall 2005
SPAN 1020.310Elementary SpanishFall 2005
SPAN 5235.001History of the Spanish LanguageFall 2005
SPAN 1010.309Elementary SpanishSpring 2005
SPAN 1010.314Elementary SpanishSpring 2005
SPAN 1020.307Elementary SpanishSpring 2005
SPAN 1020.308Elementary SpanishSpring 2005
SPAN 1020.309Elementary SpanishSpring 2005
SPAN 1020.312Elementary SpanishSpring 2005
SPAN 1020.313Elementary SpanishSpring 2005
SPAN 1020.314Elementary SpanishSpring 2005
SPAN 4210.001Spanish Phonetics and PronunciationSpring 2005
SPAN 3060.003Advanced Spanish Composition and Oral PracticeFall 2004
SPAN 1010.302Elementary SpanishFall 2004
SPAN 1010.303Elementary SpanishFall 2004
SPAN 1010.304Elementary SpanishFall 2004
SPAN 1010.305Elementary SpanishFall 2004
SPAN 1010.306Elementary SpanishFall 2004
SPAN 1010.307Elementary SpanishFall 2004
SPAN 5150.001Seminar in SpanishFall 2004
SPAN 4900.703Special ProblemsFall 2004

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book

  • Jiyoung Yoon and Stefan Th. Gries. (2016). Corpus-based approaches to Construction Grammar. (Construction Approaches to Language series 19) vi, 268 pages. Amsterdam/Philadelphia, John Benjamins Publishing Company. https://benjamins.com/#catalog/books/cal.19/main
  • Jiyoung Yoon. (2007). Small clauses in Spanish: The semantics of transitivity.. 183. Munich, LINCOM Publishers.
  • J. Clancy Clements and Jiyoung Yoon. (2006). Functional approaches to Spanish syntax: Lexical semantics, discourse and transitivity.. xiv + 305 pages. New York / London, Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Book Chapter

  • Jiyoung Yoon & Stefanie Wulff. (2016). A corpus-based study of infinitival and sentential complement constructions in Spanish. Corpus-based approaches to Construction Grammar (eds. Jiyoung Yoon & Stefan Th. Gries). p.145-164. Amsterdam & Philadelphia, John Benjamins Publishing Company.
  • Yoon, J., Gries, S.T. (2016). Corpus-based approaches to Construction Grammar: Introduction. Corpus-based approaches to Construction Grammar (eds. Jiyoung Yoon & Stefan Th. Gries). 1-7. Amsterdam/Philadelphia, John Benjamins Publishing Company.
  • Jiyoung Yoon. (2014). The role of constructional meanings in novel verb-noun compounds in Spanish. Romance Perspectives on Construction Grammar, ed. by Hans C. Boas and F. Gonzálvez-García. p. 37-78. Amsterdam/Philadelphia, John Benjamins Publishing Company.
  • Jiyoung Yoon. (2013). Productivity of Spanish verb-noun compounds: patterns of metonymy and metaphor. Metaphor and Metonymy revisited beyond the Contemporary Theory of Metaphor: Recent developments and applications, ed.by F. Gonzálvez-García, M. S. Peña Cervel and L. P. Hernández [special issue/reproduction of RCL journal 9.1]. p. 85-108. Amsterdam/Philadelphia, John Benjamins Publishing Company.
  • J. Clancy Clements and Jiyoung Yoon. (2006). Introduction (Chapter 1). Functional Approaches to Spanish Syntax: Lexical Semantics, Discourse and Transitivity, ed. by J. Clancy Clements and Jiyoung Yoon. 1-6. New York / London, Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Jiyoung Yoon. (2006). Juan salió contento: Semantic constraints on small clauses in adjunct position.. Functional Approaches to Spanish Syntax: Lexical Semantics, Discourse and Transitivity, ed. by J. Clancy Clements and Jiyoung Yoon. 265-277. New York / London, Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Jiyoung Yoon. (2004). Infinitival complement constructions in Spanish: A Construction Grammar approach.. Contemporary approaches to Romance Linguistics (Current issues in Linguistic Theory 258), ed. by Julie Auger, J. Clancy Clements, and Barbara Vance.. 381-397. Amsterdam/Philadelphia, John Benjamins Publishing Company.
  • Conference Proceeding

  • Yoon, J. (2019). Using an online forum to enhance the learning of Spanish grammar as a second language. Other. Proceedings of the International Conference e-Learning 2019. 355-357.
  • Yoshio Endo, Yoshihisa Kitagawa, and Jiyoung Yoon. (2000). Smaller clauses. Proceedings of the Second GLOW (Generative Linguistics in the Old World) in Asia. 73-95. Nagoya, Nanzan University.
  • Journal Article

  • Lam, B., Yoon, J. (2023). Dual-Language Testing of Emotional Verbal Fluency: A Closer Look at “Joy,” “Sadness,” “Fear,” “Anger,” and “Disgust”. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology. 38 91-105. Oxford University Press.
  • Lam, B.P., Yoon, J. (2023). The effect of language dominance on classic semantic, action, emotional, and phonemic fluency in unbalanced bilinguals. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research. 1-17. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).
  • Yoon, J. (2021). Students' perception of blended asynchronous and synchronous learning in an advanced Spanish conversation class. European Journal of Foreign Language Teaching.. European Journal of Foreign Language Teaching. 5 (6) 32-66.
  • Yoon, J. (2019). Teaching and learning vocabulary as L2: Approaches in Spanish textbooks. Language Teaching and Educational Research (LATER). 2 (2) 114-131.
  • Yoon, J. (2018). Teaching infinitival complements in Spanish as a second language: Spanish textbook explanations. International Journal of Languages’ Education and Teaching. 6 (4) 300-320.
  • Jiyoung Yoon. (2015). The Grammaticalization of the Spanish Complement-taking Verb without a Complementizer. Journal of Social Sciences. (Special issue: Phraseology, Phraseodidactics and Construction Grammar(s). Ed. By María Isabel González-Rey) p. 338-351.
  • Jiyoung Yoon. (2011). Productivity of Spanish verb-noun compounds: patterns of metonymy and metaphor. Review of Cognitive Linguistics. 9 (1) 83-106. Amsterdam/Philadelphia, John Benjamins Publishing Company.
  • Jiyoung Yoon. (2009). Constructional meanings of verb-noun compounds in Spanish: limpiabotas vs. tientaparedes.. Language Sciences. 31 507-530. Amsterdam, Elsevier.
  • Jiyoung Yoon. (2009). The role of abstraction in syntax: from a functionalist perspective. Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics 2.1. Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics 2.1. 221-237. Minneapolis, University of Minnesota.
  • Jiyoung Yoon. (2004). Las técnicas de INDIVIDUACIÓN e IDENTIFICACIÓN en coreano y español: Análisis contrastivo. Función 21-24. Other. Función 21-24. 279-337. Guadalajara, Universidad de Guadalajara.
  • Review Essay

  • Yoon, J. (2020). Review of Functionalist and Usage-based Approaches to the Study of Language. In honor of Joan L. Bybee (2018), ed. by K. Aaron Smith & Dawn Nordquist, p. 315-326. Constructions and Frames, 12(2). Amsterdam / New York, John Benjamins Publishing Companay.

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • Yoon, J. (Principal), "SCA (Scholarly and Creative Activity) Awards," sponsored by UNT, Local, Funded. (2022 - 2022).
  • Yoon, J. (Principal), "Small Grant," sponsored by UNT, Local, Funded. (2021 - 2021).
  • Yoon, J. (Principal), "Research and Creativity Enhancement (RCE) Awards," sponsored by UNT, University of North Texas, Funded. (2012 - 2012).
  • Yoon, J. (Principal), "Research and Creativity Enhancement (RCE) Awards," sponsored by UNT, University of North Texas, Funded. (2010 - 2010).
  • Yoon, J. (Principal), "Junior Faculty Summer Research Fellowship," sponsored by UNT, University of North Texas, Funded. (2005 - 2005).
  • Yoon, J. (Principal), "Junior Faculty Summer Research Fellowship," sponsored by UNT, University of North Texas, Funded. (2004 - 2004).
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    This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
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    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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