PARALLELS IN NAMING FOR BULGARIANS AND CHINESE - Tian Jianjun

• Author(s): Tian Jianjun
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.62635/mwk5-8var
• Language: Bulgarian
• Subject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences
• Issue: 1/6/2021
• Page Range: 321-333
• No. of Pages: 13
• Keywords: Bulgaria; China; Parallels; Names; Origin
• Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this article is to draw a comparison between the Chinese and the Bulgarian name systems. The discussion is structured around the following aspects: Structural features of personal and family names; Origin of the surname; Form of the names; The influence of religion on personal names; Resources of proper nouns; Basic norms when choosing personal names; Geographical area of name distribution; Legal basis of the name system. The literature used is in Bulgarian and in Chinese.
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