Joan Lee Tu (b. 1981) is a Canadian

linguist Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It is called a scientific study because it entails a comprehensive, systematic, objective, and precise analysis of all aspects of language, particularly its nature and structure. Linguis ...

, data scientist, and medical student. Her

Master of Arts A Master of Arts ( la, Magister Artium or ''Artium Magister''; abbreviated MA, M.A., AM, or A.M.) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is usually contrasted with that of Master of Science. Tho ...

thesis entitled ''What does txting do 2 language: The influences of exposure to messaging and print media on acceptability constraints'' (2011) made a notable contribution to the academic literature on text messaging. The thesis used acceptability judgment tasks to test a relationship between exposure to text messaging and word acceptance. It received international media attention. Lee's lesser known works include the paper ''The opacity of s-irregular verbs in Korean: Confronting Optimality Theory approaches'' (2011) which was written in 2005, and later published in the Calgary Papers in Linguistics. Lee also presented the paper ''The distribution of Turkish articles: Implications for L2 English'' at the

Linguistic Society of America The Linguistic Society of America (LSA) is a learned society for the field of linguistics. Founded in New York City in 1924, the LSA works to promote the scientific study of language. The society publishes three scholarly journals: ''Language'', ...

2006 Summer Meeting in

East Lansing, Michigan East Lansing is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. Most of the city lies within Ingham County, Michigan, Ingham County with a smaller portion extending north into Clinton County, Michigan, Clinton County. At the 2020 United States Census, 2020 ...

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Video of interview
Andrea MacLean, CTV Calgary Morning Live, March 14, 2012

Joan Lee, November 14, 2012 Living people Linguists from Canada 1981 births Women linguists {{Improve categories, date=October 2020