PERSONAL NAMES AS A MARKER OF PRESERVING 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 national identity. The anthroponymic picture of the Tatar diaspora living in China is characterized by the interpenetration and mixing of lexical phenomena of the Uyghur, Kazakh and Chinese languages. Formal and semantic transformations of canonical names, the ratio of native and borrowed in the regional anthroponymicon are analyzed. The article shows the share of using the fund of personal names of the national Tatar language that are relevant for residents of the Tatar diaspora in China, and identifies factors that influence the naming process of people with Tatar roots who permanently reside in the multicultural region of China.