PERSONAL NAMES AS A MARKER OF PRESERVATION OF NATIONAL IDENTITY (ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE TATAR DIASPORA IN CHINA)

Abstract

The article examines the role of language in the structure of the national identity of the Tatar diaspora living in China. Based on the conducted research, it is concluded that the name, along with the native language, is an important component of ethno-cultural identity. The linguistic picture of the Tatar diaspora living in China is characterized by the interpenetration and mixing of lexical phenomena of the Uighur, Kazakh and Chinese languages. The formal and semantic transformations of canonical names, the ratio of the original and borrowed in the regional anthroponymicon are analyzed. The share of the use of the fund of personal names of the national Tatar anthroponymicon relevant to Tatar-speaking residents of China is shown, factors influencing the naming process of persons with Tatar roots permanently residing in the multicultural region of China are identified.