Min-Joo Kim

Assistant Professor of Linguistics
Department of English
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX 79409-3091
, USA

E-mail: min-joo.kim(at)ttu(dot)edu
Phone: 806-742-2500, ext 262
Fax: 806-742-0989

Ph.D. , 2004, UMass-Amherst

 

I became a linguist sort of by accident or serendipity; when I was little, I wanted to become a bakery owner, a singer, an actress, a writer,  and/or a Supreme Court judge. But this accidental path has taken me to a place that I'd call a utopia.

People like me do linguistics largely because it's fun. But another reason is that only humans have linguistic ability and it is believed to be pre-wired in our brains.

So by studying principles of language, we can have a better understanding of the human mind and, ultimately, what makes us who we are.

(Note: many linguists are good at baking, singing and even acting, not to mention writing and arguing/judging.)