Baek, Eung Jin2024-08-132024-08-1319751975https://hdl.handle.net/1828/17125This thesis consists of a comparative, historical analysis of the initial consonants in Sino-Korean. Sino-Korean reflexes are compared with the cognates in Mandarin, Cantonese, Taiwanese South Min and Sino-Japanese. The reflexes in the five dialects are also compared with the underlying forms of Ancient Chinese. Various types of correspondences are established, arid phonological processes behind different correspondences are determined.141 pagesAvailable to the World Wide WebThesis