The purpose of this article is to determine the existing categories of respect in the Korean language on the basis of linguistic culture, to study the significance of their use in the speech of modern Koreans. The cultural difference between the peoples of Europe and Asia is so great that it is difficult for the representatives of these two continents to agree on good social relations without unconsciously offending each other. In such circumstances, a lot comes down to a more liberal interpretation of politeness.

Categories focused on the interlocutor, subject and object of speech according to the type of honorifics in Korean, as well as reveal the lexical and grammatical features of modern Koreans in the use of honorifics. In this language, forms of respect are divided into formal and informal types.