What is your name? A study of naming practices in Singaporean Chinese families

• Main Author: Gan, Chloe Jing Yong
• Other Authors: Francesco Cavallaro
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2020
• Subjects: Humanities::Linguistics::Sociolinguistics; Humanities::Linguistics::Sociolinguistics::Bilingualism::Singapore
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/138308
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

With the changing linguistic landscape in Singapore, the study aims to examine the naming practices of the Singaporean Chinese. It is suggested that with the increase in the use of the English language in the country, there is a similar increase in the English Personal Names for Singaporeans. The st...