![]() A specific attribute of proper names that we call their " duality of meaning " -they are fixed to a person like a label at the same time that they continue to signify as more general linguistic signs-makes them particularly potent for social-identity negotiations. ![]() ![]() Distinctively Chinese Indonesian names are explained in terms of state and ethnic politics in Indonesia during the second half of the 20th century. Such names, e.g., Nick Wijaya, commonly consist of a first name that is English or European and a family name that " sounds Indonesian, " was coined after 1965, and contains a syllable from a traditional Chinese surname. Many Chinese Indonesians under the age of 45 in Java have names that are instantly recognized by Indonesians as distinctively Chinese Indonesian. ![]()
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