The purpose of this paper is to examine the gender inequality of address terms and honorific usages in the conjugal relations and to evaluate the significance and the limits of some proposals on the improvement of related problems. First of all, this paper starts with a brief review of theoretical background such as linguistic approach, sociolinguistic approach, feministic approach, etc. Secondly, this paper makes an attempt at a comparative examination on five precedent researches and studies. And then, a survey of about 100 students of 3 university in Seoul was carried out for the purpose of comprehending their attitudes towards address terms and honorific usages in the conjugal relations. Finally, synthesizing and comparing the results of 5 precedent studies and our own survey, this paper analyzes the inequal side of address terms and honorific usages in the conjugal relations and looks at the symptom and possibility of change.

Abstract
  Ⅰ. 머리말
  Ⅱ. 연구 배경, 대상 및 방법
  Ⅲ. 부부 간 호칭어 및 높임법 사용 양상
  Ⅳ. 부부 간 호칭어 및 높임법 사용의 양성 불평등적 측면
  Ⅴ. 맺음말
  참고문헌
  [부록] 설문 문항(여학생용)

• 조태린(문화체육관광부/국립국어원)