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In this study, I first provide an in-depth study on the TSM ho-V construction with a monosyllabic V, especially on the morpho-syntactic function and the degree-introducing function of the morpheme ho 'hoVD'. Then, based on Liu's (2020) study on the TSM u-V construction, I comprehensively compare these two constructions, which reaches two major points. First, the ho-V sequence and the u-V sequence are intransitive compound verb. The V that u 'uVD' merges with can be a lexical verb or an aspectual verb; however, the V that ho 'hoVD' merges with must be a lexical verb. When forming a compound verb with a lexical verb, u 'uVD' has the same morpho-syntactic function as ho 'hoVD'. Second, these two morphemes differ in how to introduce the degree meaning for their corresponding construction. Namely, the dimension of measurement carried by the measure function introduced by u 'uVD' is determined by what is measured; however, the morpheme ho 'hoVD' intrinsically carries a dimension of measurement. Depending on what the morpheme ho 'hoVD' modifies is the entity denoted by the subject in question or the eventuality argument of V, the dimension of measurement carried by it can be interpreted as 'be good for one to V' or 'it is easy for one to V'. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]