Social change and its effect on the self-naming system of millennial society in Indonesia

The self-naming system is a phenomenon of social change in society. This paper aims to explore the self-naming system as a form of social change in millennial society. This paper uses a qualitative descriptive research method and a phenomenological strategy with an analytical descriptive type. The results of the study prove that changes in the self-naming system in millennial society occur in the number of words in proper names, word order patterns, types of word classes, source language of reference, and semantic changes at the meaning level of proper names. Factors triggering changes in self-naming systems in millennial society are advances in science and technology, globalization flows, parental education, and motivation to give good, competitive, and dignified names.

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The self-naming system is analyzed as a form of social change in millennial society in this paper. The study reveals changes in the number of words, word order patterns, word classes, reference language, and meaning-level semantics of proper names in the self-naming system. Factors such as advances in science and technology, globalization, parental education, and the desire for good, competitive, and dignified names drive changes in this system in millennial society.