Esther Hur
Assistant Professor of Spanish Linguistics
Research/Teaching Interests
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Bilingualism
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Spanish for Professions
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Spanish for Specific Purposes
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Heritage Language Development
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Cross-linguistic influence in language acquisition
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Second Language Acquisition
Education
Ph.D., Bilingualism and Second Language Acquisition, Rutgers University
M.A., Spanish Language and Literature, Baylor University
M.A., Consecutive Interpretation and Translation Korean-Spanish, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul (Korea)
B.A., Korea University, Seoul (Korea)
Courses Taught at Baylor
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Intermediate Spanish for Medical Professions (SPA 2321)
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Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics (SPA 3309)
Selected Publications
Articles
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Thane, P., Goldin, M., Jimenez, A., Hur, E., López-Otero, J., Austin, J., "Towards an Evaluation of Bilingual Assessments: Theories and their Implications," NABE Journal of Research and Practice (2022).
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Sánchez, L., Goldin, M., Hur, E., Jimenez, A., López-Otero, J., Austin, J., "Input and the Development of Pragmatic Knowledge in Heritage Bilingual Children: Acceptance of Null and Overt Subjects in Spanish and English," Heritage Language Journal (2022).
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Hur, E., López-Otero, J., Lee, E.,"The Different Attitudes Towards Instruction Among Heritage Speakers of Spanish and Korean," Languages (2021).
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Hur, E., López-Otero, J., Sánchez, L., "Gender Agreement and Assignment in Spanish Heritage Speakers: Does Frequency Matter?," Languages (2021).
Book Chapter
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Hur, E., "Verbal lexical frequency and DOM in heritage speakers of Spanish." In The Acquisition of Differential Object Marketing. S. Montrul and A. Mardale, eds.. (Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 2020): 207-236.