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This study conducts a precise analysis of the formation process of the Eonmun Spelling System (1930) by examining its primary source materials: the Eonmun Spelling System (Internal Draft) (1928) and the Eonmun Spelling System (Base Text of the Revision) (1929). The 1930 orthography served as a significant turning point in the history of Korean writing systems by establishing the foundation for morphophonemic spelling through the expansion of the final consonant system and refinement of syllabic separation rules. Notably, this research uncovers and compares the Japanese version of the Base Text of the Revision, which had previously been studied only through Korean translations in newspapers such as Dong-a Ilbo. The findings reveal that these translations were not mere renditions, but intentional revisions reflecting the Deliberation Committee’s discussions and the translators’ normative orientations. Furthermore, by analyzing handwritten notes in the mimeographed original of the Base Text, this paper reconstructs debates on core issues, such as morphological representation, initial sound rules, fortis, and the epenthetic sound notation. Ultimately, this study illuminates the dynamic process through which the 1930 orthography emerged from negotiations between the government-general’s policy demands and the academic aspirations of Korean linguists.

The CDA compares how the Chosun Ilbo and Kyunghyang Shinmun represent undocumented migrant workers. While both use nominalization and passive voice to obscure agency, their ideological framing diverges. The Chosun associates workers with crime and job scarcity, foregrounding the administrative perspective. Conversely, the Kyunghyang centers on workers' voices and structural issues, viewing them as economic resources, although occasionally prone to overinterpretation. The findings demonstrate that both newspapers strategically deploy linguistic resources, from lexical metaphors to structural foregrounding, to align them with their specific discursive purposes and ideological standpoints.

This study examines the intonational differences between Busan dialect speakers residing in Busan and those who have migrated to Seoul through experimental phonetic analysis, focusing on how intonation is realized across sentence types in dialect contact situations. To this end, experiments were conducted using two types of sentences: those containing Busan dialect vocabulary and those using standard vocabulary with dialectal lexical items excluded, and the intonational patterns between the two speaker groups were compared. The results showed that sentences containing Busan dialect vocabulary did not reveal significant differences in intonation according to migration status. By contrast, sentences using standard vocabulary exhibited noticeable differences in certain sentence types. In particular, speakers with longer residence in Seoul showed intonation patterns different from those of speakers residing in Busan in two specific sentence types: wh-questions and yes/no questions. This pattern can be interpreted as reflecting linguistic contact with speakers in the Seoul metropolitan area. This study is limited in that it focused on a specific age and gender group. Further research, including speakers of diverse age groups and backgrounds, is required.