Language planning for naming and its socio-cultural connotations: A case study in Taiwan

Names function as a people's cultural heritage that links the present to the past. Hence I propose that a comprehensive study of LP for naming needs to take into account socio-political context critically. My discussion of the case of Taiwan covers two social domains affected by LP for naming....

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spelling oai:animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph:faculty_research-64692022-05-05T06:10:56Z Language planning for naming and its socio-cultural connotations: A case study in Taiwan Huang, Chun Names function as a people's cultural heritage that links the present to the past. Hence I propose that a comprehensive study of LP for naming needs to take into account socio-political context critically. My discussion of the case of Taiwan covers two social domains affected by LP for naming. In the public domain, I examine the change in the linguistic landscape of placenames in Taiwan. In the private domain, I review how people are affected by policies concerning personal names. I also include some examples of bottom-up analysis in addition to the more common top-down analysis of LP. 2007-01-01T08:00:00Z text https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/5699 Faculty Research Work Animo Repository Language planning—Taiwan Names, Geographical—Taiwan Names, Personal—Taiwan South and Southeast Asian Languages and Societies
institution De La Salle University
building De La Salle University Library
continent Asia
country Philippines
Philippines
content_provider De La Salle University Library
collection DLSU Institutional Repository
topic Language planning—Taiwan
Names, Geographical—Taiwan
Names, Personal—Taiwan
South and Southeast Asian Languages and Societies
spellingShingle Language planning—Taiwan
Names, Geographical—Taiwan
Names, Personal—Taiwan
South and Southeast Asian Languages and Societies
Huang, Chun
Language planning for naming and its socio-cultural connotations: A case study in Taiwan
description Names function as a people's cultural heritage that links the present to the past. Hence I propose that a comprehensive study of LP for naming needs to take into account socio-political context critically. My discussion of the case of Taiwan covers two social domains affected by LP for naming. In the public domain, I examine the change in the linguistic landscape of placenames in Taiwan. In the private domain, I review how people are affected by policies concerning personal names. I also include some examples of bottom-up analysis in addition to the more common top-down analysis of LP.
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author Huang, Chun
author_facet Huang, Chun
author_sort Huang, Chun
title Language planning for naming and its socio-cultural connotations: A case study in Taiwan
title_short Language planning for naming and its socio-cultural connotations: A case study in Taiwan
title_full Language planning for naming and its socio-cultural connotations: A case study in Taiwan
title_fullStr Language planning for naming and its socio-cultural connotations: A case study in Taiwan
title_full_unstemmed Language planning for naming and its socio-cultural connotations: A case study in Taiwan
title_sort language planning for naming and its socio-cultural connotations: a case study in taiwan
publisher Animo Repository
publishDate 2007
url https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/5699
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