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Abstract

This article is an introductory work on Sino-Korean phonology. It was designed to demonstrate how to conduct research in Sino-Korean and what recent achievements in the area are. It first introduces to methods of comparative and internal reconstructions and issues on periodizations of Chinese, Korean, and Sino-Korean. It discusses also the fundamental issues on Sino-Korean, such as dating of transmission, source dialects, and the formation period. More importantly, this article summarizes Eom's recent research on controversial issues on Sino-Korean phonology. Those issues include the status of voiced and aspirated obstruents in Old Sino-Korean, reconstruction of Sino-Paekche Korean, the source of Sino-Korean coda -l, and the causes of Sino-Korean palatalization and so on.