Honam University Personnel Research Institute Holds Workshop for Training Next Generation Scholars

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Gwan-woo] The Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences at Honam University (hereinafter referred to as Insa-yeon) announced on the 4th that it held the 1st workshop for nurturing the next generation of scholars on the 3rd as part of the Humanities and Social Sciences Research Institute Support Project by the National Research Foundation of Korea.

The workshop, held online with participation from undergraduate and graduate students of the Korean Language Education Department at Honam University, featured Professor Han Seung-gyu (Department of Liberal Arts) introducing the concept, requirements, and types of corpora for Korean language research.

Professor Han provided detailed explanations of several easily accessible and user-friendly web-based corpus materials and search tools, including ▲ the ‘Joseon Wangjo Sillok’ by the National Institute of Korean History ▲ ‘Mulgyeol21’ by Korea University’s Institute of Ethnic Culture Research ▲ the ‘Kkokkoma Project’ by Seoul National University ▲ and the ‘Yonsei 20th Century Korean Corpus’ by Yonsei University.

Professor Han emphasized, “Recently, corpus research has been conducted using various methodologies such as statistical techniques and network analysis. The ability to understand linguistic data in diverse ways is important, and this is literacy about language. As researchers, it is necessary to examine linguistic data to enhance understanding of individuals, society, and the world.”

Professor Yoon Young of Insa-yeon said, “It was meaningful to learn how to access various linguistic data and critically analyze and utilize those materials, that is, literacy about linguistic data, through this workshop. I hope that the institute’s master’s and doctoral students will be able to conduct various studies based on this in the future.”

Meanwhile, Honam University, the only private university in the Honam region selected for the National Research Foundation’s ‘Humanities and Social Sciences Research Institute Support Project,’ is conducting research under the theme ‘Liberal Arts Education Research for Cultivating Humanities Literacy Abilities in a Hyperconnected Society,’ receiving 1.2 billion KRW in national funding over six years.

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