Director, Second Language Acquisition Lab
4285 & 4287 H.C. White Hall
E-mail: sla-lab@english.wisc.edu
http://english.wisc.edu/slalab
Education
Ph.D., Second Language Acquisition, University of Iowa, 2012
M.A., Russian, Middlebury College, 2006
Ph.D., Russian Linguistics, Moscow State University, 2005
M.A., Journalism, Moscow State University, 2000
B.A., Russian, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 1996
Research Interests
Generative linguistic theory and language acquisition, syntax-semantics interface, language processing, experimental linguistics. My research program investigates non-native language acquisition by focusing on the interaction between the existing and new linguistic systems from generative and psycholinguistic perspectives.
Teaching
English 318: Second Language Acquisition
English 320: Linguistic Theory and Child Language
English 418: Experimental Syntax
English 711: Research Methods in Applied Linguistics
English 715: Advanced Second Language Acquisition
Selected Publications
Cho, J. (2022). Crosslinguistic influence on L2 implicature computation for determiners. Journal of Second Language Studies, 5(1), 86-113. (Published online in 2021)
Starr, G. & Cho, J. (2022). QUD sensitivity in the computation of scalar implicatures in second language acquisition. Language Acquisition, 29(2), 182-19.
Cho, J. (2022). Online processing and offline judgments of English articles. Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism, 12(3), 280-309.
Cho, J. (2020). Memory load effect in the real-time processing of scalar implicatures. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 49(5), 865-884.
Feng, S. & Cho, J. (2019). Asymmetries between direct and indirect scalar implicatures in second language acquisition. Frontiers in Psychology.
Cho, J. (2018). Testing the morphological congruency effect in offline comprehension: L2 Russian Genitive of Negation. In J. Cho, M. Iverson, T. Judy, T. Leal, & E. Shimanskaya (Eds.). Meaning and Structure in Second Language Acquisition. In Honor of Roumyana Slabakova. Studies in Bilingualism (pp.3-33). Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Cho, J. (2017). The acquisition of different types of definite noun phrases in L2 English. International Journal of Bilingualism, 21(3), 367-382
Cho, J. & Slabakova, R. (2017). A feature-based contrastive approach to the L2 acquisition of specificity. Applied Linguistics, 38(3), 318-339
Cho, J. & Slabakova, R. (2014). Interpreting definiteness in a second language without articles: the case of L2 Russian. Second Language Research, 30(2), 159-190.
Meaning and Structure in Second Language Acquisition
Cho (Co-editor), J. Meaning and Structure in Second Language Acquisition.
This volume presents a range of studies testing some of the latest models and hypotheses in the field of second/third language acquisition, such as the Bottleneck Hypothesis (Slabakova, 2008, 2016), the Scalpel Model (Slabakova, 2017), and the Interface Hypothesis (Sorace & Serratrice, 2009) to name a few. The studies explore a variety of linguistic properties (e.g., functional morphology, linguistic properties at the syntax-discourse interface) by focusing on distinct populations (L2 acquisition, L3/LN acquisition, Heritage Speakers), while also considering the links between experimental linguistic research, generative linguistics, and, in some cases, language pedagogy. Dedicated to Roumyana Slabakova, each chapter can be directly linked to her work in terms of the empirical testing of extant hypotheses, the formulation of new models and ideas, and her efforts to advance the dialogue between different disciplines and frameworks. Overall, the contributions in the volume bear evidence of Slabakova’s enduring influence in the field as a collaborator, teacher, and researcher.