Education
Ph.D. 2000, Linguistics; University of California,
Santa Barbara
M.A. 1994, Linguistics; University of California, Santa
Barbara
B.A. 1992, Linguistics and Comparative Literature; Cornell
University
Research Interests
Sociolinguistics, conversation and discourse
analysis, anthropological linguistics, medical communication
"Influence of Sociocultural Categories on Bilingual
Interaction." In P. Li (General Ed.), Handbook of
East Asian Psycholinguistics, Part III: Korean Psycholinguistics (C. Lee, Y. Kim, & G. Simpson, Eds.). London: Cambridge
University Press.
2009b
(Zayts,
Olga; M. Agnes Kang; Wei Zhang) "Pursuing informed
choice in prenatal genetic counseling: a discourse analytic
perspective," in Ringo Ma (ed.). 醫病溝通知多少How Much Do
You Know About Doctor-Patient Communication?), 匯知教育出版有限公司
(KAI Education Publishing Co., Ltd.) (in Chinese) (due out
in May 2009)
2009a
"Constructing
Ethnic Identity Through Discourse: Self-Categorization among
Korean American Camp Counselors," in Reyes, Angela
and Adrienne Lo (eds). Beyond Yellow English: Toward
a Linguistic Anthropology of Asian Pacific America. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 131-147.
Journal
publications
Forthcoming
"At
the intersection of elitism and gender in Hong Kong advertisements
of luxury residences", to be published in the Proceedings
of the 5th International Gender and Language Association
conference. Victoria University of Wellington
Forthcoming
(Kang, M. Agnes and Stephanie Schnurr) "From high society
to workplace reality: Negotiating gender identities in Hong
Kong", The Linguistics Journal: :"Language,
Culture and Identity in Asia" (abstract accepted)
2010c
(Zayts,
Olga and M. Agnes Kang) "On the use of preliminary
inquiries in non-native
interactions in prenatal genetic counselling: a conversation
analytic perspective," to appear in a special issue
of the Journal of Asian Pacific Communication: "Medical
Communication in the Asia Context"
2010b
(Kang, M. Agnes and Olga Zayts) "Challenges for communicating
with a globalised patient population: A look at prenatal
counseling in Hong Kong", to appear as part of a special
issue of the Journal of Asian Pacific Communication: "Medical Communication in the Asia Context"
2010a
(Kang, M. Agnes and Olga Zayts) Co-editing special issue
on "Medical Communication in the Asia Context"
for Journal of Asian Pacific Communication: "Medical
Communication in the Asia Context"
2009c
(Zayts, Olga and M. Agnes Kang)"'So, what test do
you prefer?' Negotiating politic behavior in an L2 prenatal
genetic counselling setting in Hong Kong" Journal
of Politeness Research: Language, Behaviour, Culture 5
(1): 33-52. ? [Special Issue: Politeness in Health Care
Settings, edited by Louise Mullany]
2007c
Review of Emotions and Multilingualism, by Aneta
Pavlenko. Discourse Studies 9: 290-292.
2007b
Review
of Korean Language in Culture and Society, by Ho-min
Sohn. Journal of
Sociolinguistics 11(1):102-106.
2007a
Review of Language and Identity: National, Ethnic, Religious,
by John E. Joseph. Discourse & Society 18:232-233.
"Constructing
Ethnic Identity Through Discourse: Self-Categorization among
Korean American Camp Counselors," Pragmatics 14(2/3), 217-233. [Special Issue on Relationality: Discursive
Constructions of Asian Pacific American Identities]
"I'm
Here More on Maybe the American Side': Articulating Relational
Identity in Korean American Discourse". In Toshihide
Nakayama, Tsuyoshi Ono, and Hongyin Tao, eds., Santa
Barbara Papers in Linguistics: Recent Studies in Empirical
Approaches to Language, Vol. 12, 36-47. Department of
Linguistics, University of California, Santa Barbara.
1998b
"Strategies of Inclusion: Addressee(s) in Triadic Exchanges". Text 18 (3), 383-416.
1998a
"Triadic
Participation in Organizational Meeting Interaction".Issues
in Applied
Linguistics. Volume 9, No. 2, 139-150.
