Selected Invited Talks & Lectures

2026. Invited talk. The 28th Seoul International Conference on Generative Grammar (SICOGG 28). August 18-20, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea.
2025. "Definiteness in Articleless Languages: Crosslinguistic Variation in Bare Noun Interpretation and Quantificational Ambiguity in Donkey Sentences." Invited talk at the Monthly Workshop of the Korean Generative Grammar Circle (KGGC), September 6. Virtual
2023. "Speaker’s Uncertainty in (Un)embedded Clauses: Epistemic Modality, Inquisitiveness, and Nonveridicality." Invited talk at the 2023 Spring Conference of the Korean Generative Grammar Circle (KGGC), May 13, Seoul National University of Science and Technology (SEOULTECH), Seoul, Korea.
2021. "Semantics and Pragmatics." Intensive course at 2021 LSK Summer Linguistic School, August 9–11, The Linguistic Society of Korea. Virtual
2017. "Two Types of Speaker’s Uncertainty over the Epistemic Space in Korean." Invited talk at the December Monthly Colloquium of the Korean Society for Language and Information (KSLI). December 2, Seoul, Korea.

Refereed International Conferences

2026. Kang, Arum. Rhetorical Questions as Discourse Updates: Evidence from Korean. The 3rd East Asian Pragmatics Conference (EAPC 2026). June 20–21, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea.
2026. Kang, Arum and Do-Gil Lee. Diachronic Change of wancen in Korean: From Degree Modification to Discourse-Level Stance Marking. The 3rd East Asian Pragmatics Conference (EAPC 2026). June 20–21, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea.
2026. Kang, Arum. Definiteness without Articles: Donkey Anaphora in Korean and Mandarin Chinese. Theoretical Linguistics at Keio: Semantic Conference (TaLK 2026). March 14–16, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.
2025. Lee, Yebin, Sanghoun Song and Arum Kang. Assessing GPT Models' Sensitivity to Epistemic Meanings in Korean Periphrastic Construction. The 39th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation (PACLIC 39). December 5–7, Vietnam Institute for Advanced Studies in Mathematics, Hanoi, Vietnam.
2025. Kim, Min-Joo, Youngju Choi and Arum Kang. Definiteness Marking in Korean Sign Language. Sign Language Grammars, Parsing Models & the Brain Workshop. November 6-7, Max Planck Institute, Leipzig, Germany. [poster]
2025. Kang, Arum and Youngju Choi. Definiteness in Korean Sign Language: The Role of IX and NP-IX. The 43rd West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics (WCCFL 43). April 25-27, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
2025. Kang, Arum and Youngju Choi. On the Study of [STRONG] in KSL: Polarity Verum Focus. The Workshop on Theoretical East Asian Linguistics 14 (TEAL-14). March 18-20, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA.
2024. Kang, Arum and Youngju Choi. On the Scalarity of [strong] in KSL. 2024 Western Conference on Linguistics (WECOL 2024). November 16-17, California State University, Fresno, USA. Virtual
2021. Kang, Arum and Suwon Yoon. Two Types of Subjunctive in Korean: Interaction between Inquisitiveness and Nonveridicality. COLLOQUE DE SYNTAXE ET SÉMANTIQUE À PARIS (CSSP 2021). December 9–11, Université de Paris amphi Buffon, Paris, France. Virtual
2021. The subjective intensifier wancen at the discourse level. The 2021 meeting of the International Circle of Korean Linguistics (2021 ICKL). August 16-18, National Chengchi University, Taipei. Virtual
2021. Kang, Arum and Sanghoun Song. A Study on Subjunctive Mood in Korean: Using Corpus and Experimental Linguistic Data. Korean Linguistics in Crosslinguistic Context (KLCC 2021). June 4-6, Cornell University, USA. Virtual
2020. Kang, Arum. Polarity Sensitive Item, Contextual Restriction and Determiner: The Case of Korean ku-wh. Second Tsinghua Interdisciplinary Workshop on Logic, Language, and Meaning: Monotonicity in Logic and Language (TLLM 2020). December 17-20, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. Virtual
2019. Kang, Arum and Myung-Kwan Park. Korean vs. Chinese on Anaphoric Definites with(out) a Determiner. The Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference (J/K 27). October 18-20, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea.
2019. Kang, Arum and Sohee Kim. Korean Adverb kulehkey 'so': The Subjective Scalar Intensifier without Degree. The Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference (J/K 27). October 18-20, Sogang University, Seoul, South Korea. [poster]
2019. Kang, Arum and Suwon Yoon. The Subjunctive Complementizer in Korean. Generative Linguistics in the Old World in Asia 12 (GLOW in Asia XII) / The 21th Seoul International Conference on Generative Grammar (SICOGG 21). August 7-9, Dongguk University, Seoul, Korea.
2018. Kang, Arum and Jieun Jeon. Modalized Question Complementizers in Korean: Subjunctive Mood and Nonveridicality. 2018 Silence Workshop / Linguistic Society of Korea (LSK) Conference. June 28-29, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea.
2018. Kang, Arum. The Landscape of Korean ku: Definiteness, Mirativity and Scalar Intensification. 2018 Silence Workshop / Linguistic Society of Korea (LSK) Conference. June 28-29, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea.
2018. Kang, Arum and Suwon Yoon. Two Types of Modalized Questions in Korean: nka-Q vs. ul-kka-Q. 2018 SNU International Conference on Linguistics. June 15–16, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
2017. On the Dual Function of Korean Definite ku: Contextual Domain Restrictor vs. Scalar Intensifier. The 19th Seoul International Conference on Generative Grammar (SICOGG 19). Seoul National University. [poster]
2016. Kang, Arum and Suwon Yoon. Two Types of Speaker's Ignorance over the Epistemic Space in Korean. LSA Annual Meeting 2016. January 7-10, Washington, DC. USA. [poster]
2016. The Scalar Dimension of Korean ku. The 12th Workshop on Altaic Formal Linguistics (WAFL 12). May 12-15 , Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT, USA.
2016. On the Semantics of Korean Modalized Question. the 30th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation (PACLIC 30). October 18-20, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea. [poster]
2016. Kang, Arum and Suwon Yoon. Disjunction as an Epistemic Modality: Nonveridical Equilibrium. The 24th Japanese and Korean Linguistics Conference (J/K 24) . October 14–16, National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics (NINJAL), Tokyo, Japan. [poster]
2016. The Scalar Dimension of Korean ku. The 24th Japanese and Korean Linguistics Conference (J/K 24) . October 14–16, National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics (NINJAL), Tokyo, Japan.
2016. Kang, Arum and Suwon Yoon. Individual and Propositional Variation in Disjunction: Referentially Vague Indefinite and Modalized Question. The 18th Seoul International Conference on Generative Grammar (SICOGG 18). Sogang University, Seoul, Korea.
2015. Kang, Arum and Suwon Yoon. Two Types of Speaker's Ignorance over the Epistemic Space in Korean. ICKL & Harvard-ISOKL 2015. July 24-26, University of Chicago, IL, USA.
2015. Kang, Arum. Inka in Yes/No and Alternative Questions: Two Types of Disjunction. MorphologyFest: Symposium on Morphological Complexity. June 16-20, Indiana University, Bloomington. [poster]
2014. Kang, Arum. Anti-specificity Marking from Greek to Korean: Referential Vagueness vs. Free Choiceness. 4th Annual Midwest Greek Linguistics Workshop. February 9-10, University of Chicago, IL, USA.
2013. Kang, Arum. A Novel Wh-indeterminate in Korean: wh-inka as a Marker of Referential Vagueness. Semantics Workshop of the American Midwest and Prairies 2013 (SWAMP 2013). November 16, University of Chicago, IL, USA.
2013. A Novel Wh-indeterminate in Korean: wh-inka. Japanese/Korean Linguistics 23 (J/K 23). October 11–13, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA, USA.
2012. Kang, Arum. Semantics and Pragmatics of Definiteness in Korean: The Case of ku. The 8th Workshop on Altaic Formal Linguistics (WAFL 8). May 18-20, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
2011. Kang, Arum. The Grammaticalization of Plural Marker tul in Korean. the 20th International Conference on Historical Linguistics (ICHL 20). July 25-30, Osaka, Japan.
2011. Kang, Arum. Definiteness in the Interpretation of Topic Marker -(n)un in Korean. 14th Harvard Biennial International Symposium on Korean Linguistics (Harvard ISOKL-2011). Harvard University, MA, USA.
2010. Kang, Arum. On the Semantic Role of the Accentual Phrase in Korean NP Coordination. The 28th West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics (WCCFL 28). February 12-14, the University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, USA.
2009. Kang, Arum. On Pluralizing Event: Plural Marking Event Pluralizer tul in Korean. Journée Sémantique et Modélisation (JSM 2009). April 9-10, Université Paris Diderot–Paris 7, Paris, France.