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Personal Names in Asia
Zheng Yangwen
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Description for Personal Names in Asia
Paperback. The world's population negotiates a multiplicity of naming systems. Some are compatible with the 'normative' system of the world of passports and identity cards but a great many are not. This volume classifies and theorizes the systems underlying naming practices in Asia, especially in Southeast Asia where systems are abundant and fluid. Num Pages: 380 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1FM; CFB; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 510.
The world's population negotiates a multiplicity of naming systems. Some are compatible with the "normative" system of the world of passports and identity cards but a great many are not. This is particularly true in Asia, a region with some of the most sophisticated naming devices found anywhere in the world, including nicknames and teknonyms, religious and corporation names, honour and death names, pseudonyms and retirement names, house names and clan names, local and foreign names, official and private names.
People across the continent carry multiple names meaningful to different audiences. Some are used only in family relations while ... Read more
The world's population negotiates a multiplicity of naming systems. Some are compatible with the "normative" system of the world of passports and identity cards but a great many are not. This is particularly true in Asia, a region with some of the most sophisticated naming devices found anywhere in the world, including nicknames and teknonyms, religious and corporation names, honour and death names, pseudonyms and retirement names, house names and clan names, local and foreign names, official and private names.
People across the continent carry multiple names meaningful to different audiences. Some are used only in family relations while ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Singapore University Press Singapore
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Singapore, Singapore
ISBN
9789971693800
SKU
V9789971693800
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Zheng Yangwen
ZHENG Yangwen is a Lecturer at the School of Arts, Histories and Cultures and Centre for Chinese Studies at the University of Manchester. Charles MACDONALD is a Senior Research Fellow of the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) attached to the "Universite de la Mediterranee" in Marseille.
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