Hi!

I'm a postdoctoral researcher at the Hanyang Institute for Phonetics and Cognitive Sciences of Language (HIPCS). I received my Ph.D. in Linguistics from University of California, Santa Barbara in 2023, where I was affiliated with the Speech, Prosody, and Articulatory Kinematics (SPArK) Laboratory.

My research investigates how prosodic structure shapes speech production and perception, combining experimental and modeling approaches. My current interests include:

  • L1 and L2 phonetics
  • The phonetics–prosody interface
  • Articulatory Phonology
  • Computational modeling of speech

Publications

Journal Articles

  • Jang, J. & Hatcher, R. (in press). Testing prosodic boundary-induced phonetic categorization in AI-based automatic speech recognition. Phonetics and Speech Sciences, 18(1).
  • Jang, J., Kim, S., Cutler, A., & Cho, T. (2026). When vowels glottalize without strictly aligning with prosodic boundaries: Marking prosodic structure in American and Australian English. Linguistics Vanguard (Online first: 23 January 2026). https://doi.org/10.1515/lingvan-2025-0005
  • Jang, J., Lee, J., Lee, J., Kim, S., & Cho, T. (2026). Unveiling denasalization as an ongoing sound change: The role of prosody and gender in Seoul Korean. Language and Speech (Online first: 17 December 2025). https://doi.org/10.1177/00238309251390431
  • Jang, J., Kim, S., & Cho, T. (2025). Articulatory data on preboundary lengthening across prominence conditions in American English. Data, 10(12), 197. https://doi.org/10.3390/data10120197
  • Jang, J., & Katsika, A. (2025). Kinematic encoding of focus and edge-prominence in Seoul Korean. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 158(3), 2523-2536. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0039347
  • Jang, J., Kim, S., & Cho, T. (2025). Acoustic data on vowel nasalization across prosodic conditions in L1 Korean and L2 English by native Korean speakers. Data, 10(6), 82. https://doi.org/10.3390/data10060082
  • Park, M., Jang, J., Kim, S. & Cho, T. (2025). Does phrase-initial denasalization extend beyond Seoul Korean? Evidence from North Gyeongsang Korean. Phonetics and Speech Sciences, 17(1), 33-40. https://doi.org/10.13064/KSSS.2025.17.1.033
  • Jang, J., & Katsika, A. (2024). Phrase boundaries lacking word prosody: an articulatory investigation of Seoul Korean. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 155, 3521-3536. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0026081
  • Jang, J., Kim, S., & Cho, T. (2024). Voice quality distinctions of the three-way stops contrast under prosodic strengthening in Korean. Phonetics and Speech Sciences, 16(1), 17-24. https://doi.org/10.13064/KSSS.2024.16.1.017
  • Jang, J., Kim, S., & Cho, T. (2023). Prosodic structural effects on non-contrastive coarticulatory vowel nasalization in L2 English by Korean learners. Language and Speech, 66(2), 381-411. https://doi.org/10.1177/00238309221108657
  • Jang, J., Kim, S., & Cho, T. (2018). Focus and boundary effects on coarticulatory vowel nasalization in Korean with implications for cross-linguistic similarities and differences. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 144(1), EL33-39. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.5044641
  • Kim, S., Jang, J., & Cho, T. (2017). Articulatory characteristics of preboundary lengthening in interaction with prominence on tri-syllabic words in American English. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 142(4), EL362-368. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.5005132

Peer-reviewed proceedings

  • Jang, J., & Katsika, A. (2024). Focus structure and articulatory strengthening in Seoul Korean. Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Speech Prosody, 597-601.
  • Kaland, C., Gordon, M., Jang, J., & Katsika, A. (2023). No effects of f0 manipulation and phrase position in Korean word recognition. Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Tone and Intonation, 64-68.
  • Jang, J., & Katsika, A. (2023). Articulatory manifestation of focus-induced prominence in Seoul Korean. Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, 1686-1690.
  • Katsika, A, Jang, J., Krivokapić, J., Goldstein, L., & Saltzman, E. (2023). A hierarchy of prominence: The production and perception of focus in American English. Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, 1696-1700.
  • Gordon, M., Katsika, A., Lai, R. K.-Y., Chien, S. & Jang, J. (2023). Speech rhythm metrics: a typological survey. Proceedings of the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, 1479-1483.
  • Jang, J., & Katsika, A. (2022). The coordination of boundary tones with constriction gestures in Seoul Korean, an edge-prominence language. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Speech Prosody, 145-149.
  • Jang, J., & Katsika, A. (2020). The amount and scope of phrase-final lengthening in Seoul Korean. Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Speech Prosody, 270-274.
  • Katsika, A., Jang, J., Krivokapić, J., Goldstein, L.,& Saltzman, E. (2020). The role of focus in accentual lengthening in American English: Kinematic analyses. Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Speech Prosody, 275-279.
  • Jang, J., Kim, S., & Cho, T. (2019). Prosodic-structural effects on voice quality associated with Korean three-way stop contrast. Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, 2416-2420.
  • Joo, H., Jang, J., Kim, S., Cho, T., & Cutler, A. (2019). Prosodic structural effects on coarticulatory vowel nasalization in Australian English in comparison to American English. Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, 835-839.
  • Choi, J., Cho, T., Kim, S., Baek, Y., & Jang, J. (2015). Phonetic encoding of coda voicing contrast and its interaction with information structure in L1 and L2 speech. Proceedings of the 18th International Congress of Phonetics Sciences.

Presentations

Conference presentations

  • (Upcoming) Jang, J., Kim, S., & Cho, T. Asymmetrical prosodic conditioning of English sibilants under articulatory constraints. Poster presentation at the 20th Conference on Laboratory Phonology (LabPhon20), Montreal, Canada, June 2026.
  • (Upcoming) Hatcher, R., Jang, J., Kim, S., & Cho, T. Gradient Phonetics in a Categorical Illusion: Rethinking Korean Post-Obstruent Tensing. Oral presentation at the 20th Conference on Laboratory Phonology (LabPhon20), Montreal, Canada, June 2026.
  • (Upcoming) Jang, J., Kim, S., & Cho, T. Articulatory constraints on prosodic enhancement of English voiceless sibilants. Poster presentation at the Hanyang International Symposium on Phonetics and Cognitive Sciences of Language (HISPhonCog) 2026, Seoul, South Korea, May 2026.
  • (Upcoming) Hatcher, R., Jang, J., Kim, S., & Cho, T. Downstream aerodynamic effects of obstruent sequencing in Korean stops. Poster presentation at the Hanyang International Symposium on Phonetics and Cognitive Sciences of Language (HISPhonCog) 2026, Seoul, South Korea, May 2026.
  • Jang, J. & Katsika, A. Edge-prominence in Seoul Korean: Articulatory scope of focus and dephrasing. Poster presentation at the 189th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA), Honolulu, Hawaii, US, December 2025.
  • Jang, J., Joo, H., Kim, S., Cutler, A., & Cho, T. Prosodic effects on coarticulatory vowel nasalization: A cross-dialectal study of American and Australian English. Oral presentation at the 2025 Fall Conference of the Korean Society of Speech Sciences, Seoul, South Korea, October 2025.
  • Hatcher, R., Jang, J., Kim, S., & Cho, T. Prosodic encoding of covert case marking in Seoul Korean: Evidence from duration, F0, and phrasing. Oral presentation at the 2025 Fall Conference of the Korean Society of Speech Sciences, Seoul, South Korea, October 2025.
  • Jang, J. & Katsika, A. Intonational marking of focus types in Seoul Korean. Oral presentation at the Third International Conference on Tone and Intonation (TAI 2025), Herrsching, Germany, May 2025.
  • Jang, J., & Katsika, A. Focus structure and articulatory strengthening in Seoul Korean. Poster presentation at the 12th International Conference on Speech Prosody, Leiden, The Netherlands, July 2024.
  • Jang, J., Kim, S., & Cho, T. Glottalization of non-initial vowels in marking prosodic structure in American and Australian Englishes. Oral presentation at the 19th Conference on Laboratory Phonology (LabPhon19), Seoul, South Korea, June 2024.
  • Katsika, A. & Jang, J. Prosodic encoding of focus and edge-prominence: an articulatory study of Seoul Korean. Oral presentation at the 19th Conference on Laboratory Phonology (LabPhon19), Seoul, South Korea, June 2024.
  • Kaland, C., Gordon, M., Jang, J., & Katsika, A. No effects of f0 manipulation and phrase position in Korean word recognition. Oral presentation at the Second International Conference on Tone and Intonation (TAI 2023), Singapore, November 2023.
  • Jang, J., & Katsika, A. Articulatory manifestation of focus-induced prominence in Seoul Korean. Oral presentation at the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS), Prague, Czech Republic, August 2023.
  • Katsika, A, Jang, J., Krivokapić, J., Goldstein, L., & Saltzman, E. A hierarchy of prominence: The production and perception of focus in American English. Oral presentation at the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS), Prague, Czech Republic, August 2023.
  • Gordon, M., Katsika, A., Lai, R. K.-Y., Chien, S. & Jang, J. Speech rhythm metrics: a typological survey. Poster presentation at the 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS), Prague, Czech Republic, August 2023.
  • Jang, J., & Katsika, A. Edgy articulation: the kinematic profile of Accentual Phrase boundaries in Seoul Korean. Poster presentation at the Hanyang International Symposium on Phonetics and Cognitive Sciences of Language (HISPhonCog) 2023, Seoul, South Korea, May 2023.
  • Jang, J., & Katsika, A. The coordination of boundary tones with constriction gestures in Seoul Korean, an edge-prominence language. Poster presentation at the 11th International Conference on Speech Prosody, Lisbon, Portugal, May 2022.
  • Jang, J., & Katsika, A. The role of focus position in boundary tone coordination in Korean, an edge-prominence language. Presentation at the 96th Annual meeting of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA), Washington, DC, US, January 2022.
  • Jang, J., Tsai, K. & Katsika, A. A cross-linguistic examination of the role of prominence in the coordination of boundary tones. Virtual poster presentation at the 29th Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference (JK29), October 2021.
  • Jang, J., & Katsika, A. Prosodic boundaries in edge-prominence languages: kinematic evidence from Korean. Virtual poster presentation at the 95th Annual meeting of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA), January 2021.
  • Tsai, K., Jang, J., & Katsika, A. The role of prominence in phrase-final lengthening: a cross-linguistic comparison. Virtual presentation at the 12th International Seminar on Speech Production (ISSP), December 2020.
  • Jang, J., & Katsika, A. The role of accentual phrasing and focus position in determining the scope of phrase-final lengthening in Korean. Virtual poster presentation at the 17th Conference on Laboratory Phonology (LabPhon17), Vancouver, Canada, July 2020.
  • Jang, J., & Katsika, A. The amount and scope of phrase-final lengthening in Seoul Korean. Virtual presentation at the 10th International Conference on Speech Prosody, Tokyo, Japan, May 2020.
  • Katsika, A., Jang, J., Krivokapić, J., Goldstein, L., & Saltzman, E. The role of focus in accentual lengthening in American English: Kinematic analyses. Virtual presentation at the 10th International Conference on Speech Prosody, Tokyo, Japan, May 2020.
  • Jang, J., & Katsika, A. Articulatory Characteristics of Focus in Korean. Poster presentation at the 178th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA), San Diego, California, US, December 2019.
  • Katsika, A., Jang, J., Goldstein, L., Krivokapić, J., & Saltzman, E. The kinematics of prominence in American English. Poster presentation at the 178th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA), San Diego, California, US, December 2019.
  • Jang, J., Kim, S., & Cho, T. Prosodic-structural effects on voice quality associated with Korean three-way stop contrast. Poster presentation at the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS), Melbourne, Australia, August 2019.
  • Joo, H., Jang, J., Kim, S., Cho, T., & Cutler, A. Prosodic structural effects on coarticulatory vowel nasalization in Australian English in comparison to American English. Oral presentation at the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS), Melbourne, Australia, August 2019.
  • Jang, J., Kim, S. & Cho, T. Effects of prosodic structure on voice quality associated with Korean three-way stop contrast. Poster presentation at the Hanyang International Symposium on Phonetics and Cognitive Sciences of Language (HISPhonCog) 2019, Seoul, South Korea, May 2019.
  • Jang, J., Kim, S. & Cho, T. Prosodic modulation of coarticulatory vowel nasalization in L2 English. Oral presentation at the 7th International Conferences on Phonology and Morphology (ICPM), Seoul, South Korea, June 2018.
  • Jang, J., Kim, S. & Cho, T. Prosodic-structural modulation of vowel nasalization in Korean and L2 English. Oral presentation at the 16th Conference on Laboratory Phonology (LabPhon16), Lisbon, Portugal, June 2018.
  • Jang, J., Kim, S. & Cho, T. Effects of prosodic structure on nasal coarticulation in Korean and L2 English. Poster presentation at the Hanyang International Symposium on Phonetics and Cognitive Sciences of Language (HISPhonCog) 2018, Seoul, South Korea, May 2018.
  • Jang, J., Kim, S. & Cho, T. Phrase-final lengthening revisited: from an articulatory perspective. Oral presentation at the 2016 Fall Conference of the Korean Society of Speech Sciences, Seoul, South Korea, November 2016.
  • Choi, J., Cho, T., Kim, S., Baek, Y., & Jang, J. Phonetic encoding of coda voicing contrast and its interaction with information structure in L1 and L2 speech. Poster presentation at the 18th International Congress of Phonetics Sciences (ICPhS), Glasgow, U.K., August 2015.

Teaching

@ University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Instructor, Articulatory Phonetics
  • Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Phonetics
  • Teaching Assistant, Articulatory Phonetics
  • Teaching Assistant, Auditory Phonetics
  • Teaching Assistant, Speech and Technology
  • Teaching Assistant, Statistical Methods in Linguistics
  • Teaching Assistant, Psychology of Language
  • Teaching Assistant, First Language Acquisition
  • Teaching Assistant, Language and Linguistics

Contact

: jiyoungljang hanyang ac kr

Hanyang Institute for Phonetics and Cognitive Sciences of Language (HIPCS)
Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea

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