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.