Esther Hur

Research/Teaching Interests

• Bilingualism
• Spanish for Professions
• Spanish for Specific Purposes
• Heritage Language Development
• Cross-linguistic influence in language acquisition
• 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

• Intermediate Spanish for Medical Professions (SPA 2321)
• Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics (SPA 3309)

Selected Publications

Articles

• 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).
• 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).
• Hur, E., López-Otero, J., Lee, E.,"The Different Attitudes Towards Instruction Among Heritage Speakers of Spanish and Korean," Languages (2021).
• Hur, E., López-Otero, J., Sánchez, L., "Gender Agreement and Assignment in Spanish Heritage Speakers: Does Frequency Matter?," Languages (2021).

Book Chapter

• 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.