Chinese name is a complicated cultural phenomenon,and it is worth studying.In the past,scholars used to study it from the angle of sociology and folklore.But the paper raised the research ways and significance from the angle of linguistics.And we hope it an effective function for the future research.
The word在in the phrase在门外is a verb, while在in the expressio n站在门外is a preposition and a verb again in the phrase 站在了门外. This an alysis isn't rigorous.This article argues that there is only one 在that can se rve as a verb .Such verb is called orientational verb . the other words that sha re the same usage as 在 are 到、往、向、etc
