Introduction (Personal Names in Asia: History, Culture and Identity)

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Macdonald , Charles J-H
Reid, Anthony

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NUS Press - National University of Singapore

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Most denizens of what passes for the �International Community� presume that there is a normative global system, comprising a family name and one or more given names. Most countries and international organizations require new members to fill out a form on that basis. We know that important national systems in Asia list the family name first, and those of European derivation list it last, but that is understood as a variation of a fundamental system, �natural� in its universality.

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Personal Names in Asia: History, Culture and Identity

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2037-12-31