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| Korean honorifics | |
| Hangul | |
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| Hanja | 높임말 / 敬語 |
| Revised Romanization | Nopimmal / gyeongeo |
| McCune–Reischauer | Nop'immal / kyŏngŏ |
| Korean grammar |
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The Korean language has a system of linguistic honorifics that reflects the social status of participants. Speakers use honorifics to indicate their social relationship with the addressee and/or subject of the conversation, concerning their age, social status, gender, degree of intimacy, and situation.
One basic rule of Korean honorifics is 'making oneself lower'; the speaker can use honorific forms and also use humble forms to make themselves lower.[1]
The honorific system is reflected in honorific particles, verbs with special honorific forms or honorific markers and special honorific forms of nouns that includes terms of address.
- ^ Han, G. (2002). Research on Korean honorifics. Seoul: Yeokrak.