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BIOGRAPHY
Heechul
Lee graduated from Chonbuk National University in Korea in 1983 and obtained his
Ph.D. in Linguistics at the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1998. His
simultaneous academic and administrative career gave him the opportunity to work
as an Associate Professor at Chonbuk National University, the position he holds
currently. He is visiting Boise with his wife, Young Suk, son, Hyojae, and
daughter, Suzie. While working on a Master' s degree in linguistics at UT,
Austin, his son was born. Suzie was born in Buffalo, New York while he was
working on his Ph.D. His wife is a pharmacist. Professor Heechul Lee likes
traveling and appreciates natural beauty and cultural events. One way of his
enjoying natural beauty is jogging, hiking, or taking a walk inside or near the
natural beauty itself.
His
Ph.D. dissertation is in the interface of syntax and semantics. It gives a new
perspective to the interface in terms of cognitive semantics. He has been
researching on and teaching cognitive semantics more than syntax nowadays. His
Master's thesis is on socio-linguistics. In other words, he was at that time
interested in looking at linguistic phenomena from socio-demographic and
cultural perspectives. He was trained at the department of English education for
his bachelor's degree. In conclusion, considering his educational background and
teaching career, he is interested in researching on ESL cognitive semantics, the
interface of syntax and semantics, socio-cultural aspects of teaching and
learning English, and describing linguistic phenomena.
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