Current Issues In Language Planning
Polity Editors: Robert B. Kaplan (University of Southern California), Richard B. Baldauf Jr. (University of Queensland) and Nkonko Kamwangamalu (Howard University)Bob and Dick are also editors of the book series Language Policy and Planning
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Volume: 8 Number: 3 Page: 305–323
doi:10.2167/cilp127.0
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Language Planning for Naming and its Socio-cultural Connotations: A Case Study in Taiwan
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Chun Huang
Linguistics Program, University of Florida
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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.
Keywords: LP for naming, names, linguistic landscape, personal names, Taiwan
C. Huang
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