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

Chun Huang

College

Br. Andrew Gonzalez FSC College of Education

Department/Unit

Dept of English and Applied Linguistics

Document Type

Article

Source Title

Current Issues in Language Planning

Volume

8

Issue

3

First Page

305

Last Page

323

Publication Date

2007

Abstract

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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Disciplines

South and Southeast Asian Languages and Societies

Keywords

Language planning—Taiwan; Names, Geographical—Taiwan; Names, Personal—Taiwan

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