Chin-Woo Kim

Chin-woo Kim
Born (1936-03-22) 22 March 1936 (age 88)
Boeun, Chosen, Japan
Alma materYonsei University Washington State University
Occupationlinguist
Eracontemporary

Chin-woo Kim (Korean: 김진우; Hanja: 金鎭宇; RR: Gim Jinu; born 22 March 1936) is a South Korean-born linguist and an emeritus professor of linguistics at the University of Illinois. He is recognized for his contribution to raising the international status of the Korean language through promoting Korean studies in the American education community.[1][2] He published more than a hundred papers on Korean linguistics, general linguistics, phonetics, and phonology in domestic and foreign academic journals.[3][4] He was listed in the directory of Who’s Who in America (1982-) and Who’s Who in the World (2004-), and got registered in 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century (9th ed., International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, 2015). He received Lifetime Achievement Award from 2017 Marquis Who's Who.[5]

  1. ^ Yunjung Hwang, “Professor Chin-Woo Kim and Hong-Gil Park Received the Oesol Award [김진우·박홍길 교수 외솔상 수상],” Yonhapnews [연합뉴스], October 17, 2012, https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20121017137100005
  2. ^ Professor Chin-Woo Kim and others received the KBS Overseas Companion Award [在美 김진우교수등 KBS 해외동포상 수상],” hankyungnews [한경뉴스], April 2, 2006,  https://www.hankyung.com/news/article/2001113048521
  3. ^ Junhee Lee, “Chungnam National University Department of Linguistics, University of Illinois Kim Chin-woo invited special lecture [충남대 언어학과, 일리노이대 김진우 명예교수 초청 특강],” Newsband [뉴스밴드], September 13, 2015, http://www.newsband.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=80548
  4. ^ Information referenceable on the site: https://linguistics.illinois.edu/directory/profile/cwkim
  5. ^ The Linguistic Society of Korea, “Designers of Modern Linguistics in Korea [한국 현대언어학의 설계자들 - 김진우 교수와의 대화],” “LSK” [한국언어학회], 46.3, (2021):897