@article{Fang_2019, title={Subjective standard-setting in gradable predicates: On the Mandarin hen structure}, volume={21}, url={https://ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/sub/index.php/sub/article/view/146}, abstractNote={<p>Canonical positive degree sentences in Mandarin Chinese are formed with a morpheme <em>hen</em>. In the literature, this morpheme is regarded as the positive degree morpheme <em>pos</em> (Kennedy, 1999; Liu, 2010; Grano, 2012; Zhang, 2015) that introduces a contextually given norm, as well as binding the degree argument. However, the traditional <em>pos</em> analysis cannot fully account for some behaviors of <em>hen</em>. First, <em>hen</em> sentences share several characteristics of subjective predicates like Predicates of Personal Tastes (PPTs). These features include the triggering of faultless disagreement}, number={1}, journal={Proceedings of Sinn und Bedeutung}, author={Fang, Huilin}, year={2019}, month={May}, pages={409–426} }