Ho-min Sohn
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Ho-min Sohn | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1933 (age 92–93) |
| Education | |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 손호민 |
| RR | Son Homin |
| MR | Son Homin |
Ho-min Sohn[a] (Korean: 손호민; born 1933[2]) is a South Korean linguist.
Sohn was born in Suncheon, Zenranan Province, Korea, Empire of Japan. He graduated from Seoul National University (SNU) with a bachelor's degree in 1956 and a master's degree in linguistics in 1965. He graduated from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UH) with a Ph.D. in linguistics in 1969. He began teaching at UH in 1971. By 1980 he was a professor in the Department of East Asian Studies. He became the director of UH's Korean Studies Center in 2004.[3][4][2]
Sohn authored over twenty textbooks for the Korean language.[5]
He received a Presidential Citation from South Korea in 1997.[3] In 2011, he received the Korea Foundation Award, given by the Korea Foundation.[6]
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[edit]- ↑ "Sohn, Ho-min". University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Retrieved 2025-09-29.
- 1 2 "브라보_하와이 한국어 교육의 선구자, 손호민 교수의 끝나지 않은 연구". YTN (in Korean). 2025-05-03. Retrieved 2025-09-29.
- 1 2 "손호민" [Ho-min Sohn, Ph. D.]. Korean American History Museum (in Korean). 2014-07-07. Retrieved 2025-09-29.
- ↑ 이재철 (2004-02-12). "美 하와이大 한국학센터 신임소장에 손호민교수". Seoul Economic Daily (in Korean). Retrieved 2025-09-29.
- ↑ "손호민Ho-min Sohn". KU Press. Retrieved 2025-09-29.
- ↑ "Professor Ho-min Sohn named recipient of Korea Foundation Award". University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. 2012-01-03. Retrieved 2025-09-29.