Education:
Ph.D., New York University - 2014 (Communicative Sciences & Disorders)
M.A., University of Connecticut, Storrs - 2005 (Communication Disorders)
M.A., Korea University - 1999 (Linguistics)
B.A, Korea University - 1997 (Linguistics)
Areas of Expertise:
Her research aims to better understand the neural bases/acquisition of nonliteral language:(1) Communication of nonliteral meanings in spoken language, especially those meanings which refer to a speaker's emotions or other social intentions,(2) Effect of acquired brain damage on communication of nonliteral meanings and pragmatic skills,(3) Processing/Acquisition of nonliteral language in first and second language users
Books and Publications
Fuse, A., Alloggio, C. & Yang, S. (under revision). Listener Factors Related to the Perception of Accented Speech. Communication Disorders Quaterly. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2022
Yang, S. (2022). Acoustic cues associated with Korean sarcastic utterances produced by right- and left-hemisphere damaged individuals. Journal of Communication Disorders. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2022
Van Lancker Sidtis, D. & Yang, S. (2021). Perception of formulaic expression: Structural and prosodic characteristics of formulaic expressions. In J. S. Pardo, C, Nygaard, L. C., Remez, R. E., & D. B. Pisoni (Eds.). The Handbook of Speech Perception 2nd Edition, (pp. 309-332). Wiley Blackwell. (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2021
Yang, S. (2021). Listener's ratings and acoustic analyses of voice qualities associated with English and Korean sarcastic utterances. Speech Communication. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2021
Van Lancker Sidtis, D. & Yang, S. (2020). Pathological prosody: Overview, assessment, and treatment. In C. Gussenhoven & A. Chen (Eds.). The Oxford Handbook of Language Prosody. (pp. 486-495). Oxford University Press. (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2020
Van Lancker Sidtis, D. & Yang, S. (2017). Formulaic language performance in left- and right-hemisphere damaged individuals: Structured testing. Aphasiology, 31, 82-89. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2017
Yang, S., Van Lancker Sidtis, D., & Yang, S. (2017). Listeners' identification and evaluation of Korean idiomatic utterances produced by persons with left- or right-hemisphere damage. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 31, 155-173. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2017
Yang, S. & Van Lancker Sidtis, D. (2016). Production of Korean idiomatic utterances following left- and right-hemisphere damage: Acoustic Studies. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 59, 267-280. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2016
Yang, S. & Van Lancker Sidtis, D. (2015). Hemispheric roles in the perception and production of famous proper nouns. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 29, 319-332. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2015
Yang, S., Ahn, J., & Van Lancker Sidtis, D. (2015). The perceptual and acoustic characteristics of Korean idiomatic and literal sentences. Speech, Language and Hearing, 18, 166-178. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2015
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
PSC CUNY Grant (2020-2021) $3477
The effect of combined yoga and the SPEAK OUT!® therapy program on vocal folds functions in individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD)
Brooklyn College / CUNY, New York
(Grants and Fellowships) 2020
PSC CUNY Grant (2019-2020) $3425
The effect of the SPEAK OUT!® speech therapy program on disordered speech in Parkinson's disease
Brooklyn College / CUNY, New York
(Grants and Fellowships) 2019
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
Yang, S., Fuse, A., & Van Lancker Sidtis, D. (2021). Production of fixed, familiar expressions in speech by individuals with left- and right-hemisphere damage. The American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention, Washington, D. C., November 18-20, 2021. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2021
Yang, S. (2019). Vocal qualities of sarcastic utterances: Cross-linguistic study of English and Korean. The 11th International Workshop Models and Analysis of Vocal Emissions for Biomedical Applications (MAVEBA), Firenze, Italy, December 17-19, 2019. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2019
Yang, S. (2018) Listeners' ratings and acoustic analyses of Korean sarcastic utterances. The American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention, Boston, MA, November 15-17. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2018
Hom, S., Wilner, D., Plotzer, M., Sabella, J., Yaakov, S., Yang, S., & Vaynshteyn, I. (2017). Perception of sarcasm in English monolingual speakers in the presence & absence of social context. The American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention, Log Angeles, CA, November 9-11. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2017
Van Lancker Sidtis, D. & Yang, S. (2016). Formulaic language performance in left- and right-hemisphere damaged patients: Formal testing. The 7th Formulaic Language Research Network Conference (FLaRN) conference, Vilnius, Lithuania, June 28-30. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2016
Yakubovich, S., Goldberg, C., Weissman, B., Barkhordarzadeh, R., Chait, M., Oliveira, G., Yang, S., & Lubinsky, H. (2016). How educated are educators? A study of teachers' awareness of the effects of teaching on voice. The American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention, Philadelphia, PA, November 17-19. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2016
Yang, S. & Van Lancker Sidtis, D. (2016). Listeners' identification and evaluation of Korean idiomatic utterances produced by persons with left- or right-hemisphere damage. The 7th Formulaic Language Research Network Conference (FLaRN) conference, Vilnius, Lithuania, June 28-30. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2016
Yang, S. & Van Lancker Sidtis, D. (2016). Listeners' identification and evaluation of Korean idiomatic utterances produced by persons with left- or right-hemisphere damage. The American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention, Philadelphia, PA, November 17-19. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2016
Yang, S.. (2016). Differential effects of right- and left-hemisphere damage on the production of Korean sarcastic utterances. The American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention, Philadelphia, PA, November 17-19. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2016
Van Lancker Sidtis, D., Kouteva, T., Stahl, B., Bridges, K., & Yang, S.. (2014) Formulaic speech in disorders of language. The 52nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Aphasia, Miami, FL, October 5-7. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2014
Yang, S. & Van Lancker Sidtis, D. (2014). Hemispheric roles in the perception and production of famous proper nouns. The 15th International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, June 11-13. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2014
Yang, S. & Van Lancker Sidtis, D. (2014). The ability of left- and right-hemispehre damaged individuals to produce prosodic cues to disambiguate Korean idiomatic sentences. The 15th International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, June 11-13. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2014
Yang, S., Ahn, J., Van Lancker Sidtis, D. (2014). The perceptual and acoustic characteristics of Korean idiomatic and literal sentences. The 15th International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, June 11-13. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2014
