Professor Choi Young-joo of Chosun University, Final Selection for Korea Research Foundation's 'Book Publishing Support Project'

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Yoon Jamin] Professor Choi Youngjoo of the College of Global Humanities at Chosun University has been finally selected for the Korea Research Foundation's 2022 Writing and Publishing Support Project for her project titled "Principles of Language Found in Korean Sign Language: Iconicity, Metaphor, and Metonymy in Vocabulary and Idiomatic Expressions."

The 2022 Writing and Publishing Support Project was established to support researchers' creative and free writing and publishing, thereby accumulating academic achievements and research experience, and contributing to the exchange and understanding between the public and academia.

Professor Choi's project focuses on publishing a "Korean Sign Language Cognitive Semantics Book," which is most necessary for the research, dissemination, and education of Korean Sign Language but has been significantly under-discussed. It aims to address the principles behind the formation of various vocabulary and idiomatic expressions in Korean Sign Language.

In particular, although Korean Sign Language has secured legal status as an official language alongside Korean through the enactment of the Korean Sign Language Act, education and academic research on Korean Sign Language remain insufficient compared to Korean. The project focuses on the necessity of a "linguistics book on Korean Sign Language."

Professor Choi stated, "This research will advance the field of Korean Sign Language semantics and serve as an opportunity to introduce Korean Sign Language to the world," adding, "It is expected to provide excellent Korean Sign Language textbooks and general knowledge books for sign language learners, educators, and general readers."

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