CASA — A Constructionist Approach to Syntactic Analysis

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General-Quantifier-Mass-NP Construction

Name	General-Quantifier-Mass-NP Construction
Semantic function of cxn	Indicating rough quantity of referents.
Semantic role of slots	QUANTIFIER	REFERENT
Syntactic form	enough much more most little less least all some any such	N_mass contextual anchor point
Example	One megawatt is enough electricity to power about 500 homes during periods of typical consumption._{COCA-2013-NEWS} The path of least resistance is for the market to go higher._{COCA-2014-NEWS}
General cxn-type	QUANTIFIER-NP CONSTRUCTION
Construction family	NP CONSTRUCTION