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Publication details [#11942]

Li, David C.S. 1997. Borrowed Identity: Signaling Involvement with a Western Name. Journal of Pragmatics 28 (4) : 489–513. 25 pp.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

address | bilingualism | intercultural communication | naming practice

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

ISBN

0378-2166

Journal WWW

www.sciencedirect.com/web-editions

Annotation

This paper reports on the adoption of Western names by Chinese Hong Kong residents as a result of bilingualism. In order to develop quick friendships and working relationships with Western people, Western address patterns are adopted, both inter- and intraculturally.