Contents
A sociolinguistic analysis of the English first name culture in Hong Kong / Seoyoung Chae 1
[요약] 1
1. Introduction 1
2. Background 2
3. Methodology 4
3.1. The Job Application Data: Representation of Written Names 4
3.2. Interviews 5
4. Results 6
4.1. The Job Application Data: Representation of Written Names 6
4.2. Results of the Interview 8
5. Further Generalizations 11
5.1. Self-determinacy of the English First Names 11
5.2. Changeability of the English first names 13
5.3. Duplicate names: problem of lost identity 14
5.4. Exceptions to the Use of English First Names 18
6. Motivations for Using English First Names 20
6.1. First Reason: a Convenient Calling Term 21
6.2. Second reason: a reflection of unique political and linguistic situation of Hong Kong 21
6.3. Third reason: English-using socio-cultural infrastructure 24
7. Conclusions 25
References 25