Born in Goseong, Gyeongsangnam-do Province
Received Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctor’s degrees from the Department of Korean Language and Literature at Seoul National University
Taught at Kyungnam University and Inha University
Currently professor of the Department of Korean Language and Literature at Ewha Womans University
Served as Head of the Language Research Division at the National Institute of the Korean Language, Managing Director of the International Korean Language Foundation, Member of the Korean Language Review Committee of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Chairman of the Association of Korean Language and Culture Centers, Chairman of the Society of Korean Linguistics, and Co-President of the Federation of Korean Language and Literature Associations
Books:
Study on Korean Consonants of the Middle Ages, 1996
Language and the Social Status of Women, 1999
Ancient Korean Phonemes 1, 2002
History of Research on Korean Phonemes, 2002
Language Theory and Analysis, 2002
Language of South and North Korea and Korean Language Education, 2003
Hunmin jeongeum, 2005
Comparison of Korean, English and Japanese Phonemes, 2006
Refining Korean and Globalization of the Language 1, 2009
The Hangeul Museum, 2011
Orthography and Pronunciation of Korean, 2012
Over 100 theses on phonology and applied Korean language studies
<The Spirit of Korean Cultural Roots> 저자 소개
