The levels of Hearer Honorific Systems in Korean were established employing by semantic and pragmatic criteria up to the present. These systems can not present the typological characteristics of an agglutinate language like Korean. That is, it is difficult to make it explicit the unique endings of the levels of Hearer Honorific Systems' by using the existing principles. Thus, in this studies, I presented an alternative set of Hearer Honorific System(s) by morphological criteria apropos modern korean. The levels of Hearer Honorific System(s) established by morphological criteria are as belows, (1) Hasoseo level: This level established by ‘-sab/eub-’(‘-삽/읍-’) and ‘-eui-’(‘-으이-’) of prefinal endings. There are several characteristics in this level. First, ‘-sab/eub-’ was accompanied with ‘-eui-’ in sentence endings. Second, it is be piled each other by ‘-eub-’(‘-읍-’) in sentence endings. Finally, ‘-eui-’ is splitted and emerged from sentence endings. (2) Haseyo level: This level established by ‘-(eu)si-’(‘-(으)시-’) of prefinal ending and ‘-yo-’(‘-요’) of final ending. However, there was no addition of ‘-sab/eub-’ and ‘-eui-’ of prefinal endings, ‘-eui’(‘-으이’) and ‘-소/(으)오’(‘-so/(eu)o’) of final endings. (3) Habsyo level: This level established by ‘-sab/eub-’ and ‘-eui-’ of prefinal endings. (4) Haeyo level: This level established by ‘-yo-’ of prefinal ending. However, there were no addition of honorific endings as ‘-sab/eub-’, ‘-eui-’, ‘-eui’, and ‘-so/(eu)o’. (5) Hao level: This level established by ‘-so/(eu)o’. (6) Hage level: This level established by ‘-eui’. (7) Hae level: This level established by ‘-a/eo’(‘-아/어’), ‘-ko/ku’(‘-고/구’), ‘-ji’(‘-지’), and ‘-i’(‘-이’) of final endings. However, there was no addition of honorific endings. (8) Haera level: This level established by ‘-ta’(‘-다’), ‘-a/eo’, ‘-ka’ (‘-가’), and ‘-ko/ku’ of final ending. However, there was no addition of honorific endings. We can also find some of the characteristics of Hearer Honorific Systems, e.g., the levels of differentiation. It is differentiated by the principle of addition of endings, for examples, ‘-s’(‘-ㅅ’), ‘-na’(‘-나’), ‘-ko/ku’ and ‘-m’ (‘-ㅁ’). In general, Hearer Honorific levels are raised by ‘-(eu)si-’ and ‘-yo-’ in honorific endings. However, if ‘-s’, ‘-na’, ‘-ko/ku’ and ‘-m’ are attached to some of the levels, then the hierarchy of these levels are lower than former levels.

The levels of Hearer Honorific Systems in Korean were established employing by semantic and pragmatic criteria up to the present. These systems can not present the typological characteristics of an agglutinate language like Korean. That is, it is difficult to make it explicit the unique endings of the levels of Hearer Honorific Systems' by using the existing principles. Thus, in this studies, I presented an alternative set of Hearer Honorific System(s) by morphological criteria apropos modern korean. The levels of Hearer Honorific System(s) established by morphological criteria are as belows, (1) Hasoseo level: This level established by ‘-sab/eub-’(‘-삽/읍-’) and ‘-eui-’(‘-으이-’) of prefinal endings. There are several characteristics in this level. First, ‘-sab/eub-’ was accompanied with ‘-eui-’ in sentence endings. Second, it is be piled each other by ‘-eub-’(‘-읍-’) in sentence endings. Finally, ‘-eui-’ is splitted and emerged from sentence endings. (2) Haseyo level: This level established by ‘-(eu)si-’(‘-(으)시-’) of prefinal ending and ‘-yo-’(‘-요’) of final ending. However, there was no addition of ‘-sab/eub-’ and ‘-eui-’ of prefinal endings, ‘-eui’(‘-으이’) and ‘-소/(으)오’(‘-so/(eu)o’) of final endings. (3) Habsyo level: This level established by ‘-sab/eub-’ and ‘-eui-’ of prefinal endings. (4) Haeyo level: This level established by ‘-yo-’ of prefinal ending. However, there were no addition of honorific endings as ‘-sab/eub-’, ‘-eui-’, ‘-eui’, and ‘-so/(eu)o’. (5) Hao level: This level established by ‘-so/(eu)o’. (6) Hage level: This level established by ‘-eui’. (7) Hae level: This level established by ‘-a/eo’(‘-아/어’), ‘-ko/ku’(‘-고/구’), ‘-ji’(‘-지’), and ‘-i’(‘-이’) of final endings. However, there was no addition of honorific endings. (8) Haera level: This level established by ‘-ta’(‘-다’), ‘-a/eo’, ‘-ka’ (‘-가’), and ‘-ko/ku’ of final ending. However, there was no addition of honorific endings. We can also find some of the characteristics of Hearer Honorific Systems, e.g., the levels of differentiation. It is differentiated by the principle of addition of endings, for examples, ‘-s’(‘-ㅅ’), ‘-na’(‘-나’), ‘-ko/ku’ and ‘-m’ (‘-ㅁ’). In general, Hearer Honorific levels are raised by ‘-(eu)si-’ and ‘-yo-’ in honorific endings. However, if ‘-s’, ‘-na’, ‘-ko/ku’ and ‘-m’ are attached to some of the levels, then the hierarchy of these levels are lower than former levels.

Hearer Honorific Systems, the establishment of speech levels, the differentiation of speech levels, morphological criteria, speech hierarchy