Analyzing the Korean Alphabet

Hye K. Pae, Ph.D., is a professor of applied linguistics and psycholinguistics in the Program of Literacy and Second Language Studies at the University of Cincinnati. Her research interests include reading disabilities, psycholinguistics, and assessment. She has published numerous empirical articles in top-tier journals, one edited book with John Benjamins, and one two authored books with Springer. She has served on the review panels for the Institute of Educational Sciences/the US Department of Education and the Fulbright Program of the Institute of International Education.

• Introduction: The Characteristics of Korean Spoken Language and Written Language.- Pathway to the Korean Alphabet.- Beyond the Invention: Trajectory, Modern Use, and Global Affordances.- Not Optimal Yet Near-Optimal Writing System and Hangul.- Orthographic and Phonological Representations in Hangul.- From the Phonemic Principle to the Morphophonological Principle.- The Topology of Hangul: Learnability, Efficiency, and Utility.- Processing of the Orthographic, Phonological, and Morphological Properties in Hangul.- The Reading Brain, Translinguistic Interactions, and Reading Effectiveness in Hangul.- Hangul’s Unique Status among Scripts.- Theory Building: A Synergistic Model for Hangul.- Conclusion: Impacts on the Science of Writing, the Science of Writing, and Beyond.