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The quantity adjective duō in Chinese and the event quantity construction
In the duō event quantity construction, duō ‘much’ is a quantity adjective. What
duō ‘much’ modifies is the root of the verb and the root has to move to the light verb position to be
categorically defined. The quantity adjective duō ‘much’ functions to introduce a measure function which measures
the event denoted by the verb along the dimension valued by the assignment function A, and the domain to which
the measure function applies must be monotonic. So, the ‘modification’ relation between the quantity adjective
duō ‘much’ and its modifyee essentially differs from that between a typical gradable adjective like
tián ‘sweat’ and its modifyee. This explains how the quantity adjective duō ‘much’ differs
from the typical adjective in syntax and semantics.