本研究主要從兩方面來分析漢語的副詞「都」，在語意方面，主要是沿用Davidson (1967) 的事件理論架構，以事件為語意分析的基礎單位，而主張漢語副詞「都」即是事件的累計量詞，它能累計在某方面具有相同性質的事件或狀態，以形成一個概約的事實描述（如例(1)），或者累計同一個體在不同時間點發生之相同性質的事件或狀態，以形成一個慣常行為或事實的描述（如例(2)），例如：
(1)a. 他們都有車。
b. 這三個學生都去過加拿大。
(2)a. 張三都用毛筆寫字。
b. 我早餐都吃稀飯。
此外，「都」並能量化延續性的事件或狀態，累計期間的細微事件，以形成一個具有時間延續性的事實描述，例如：
(3)a. 昨天他都在家寫功課。
b. 這三年他都住在台北。
在「都」的語用方面分析上，本研究認為「都」的用法不但具有強調的功能，它的出現更代表說話者對於事件或事實的主觀評價，而這個評價往往含有出乎說話者的期待或認知之外的暗示，例如：
(4)a. (連)張三都買了這本書。
b. 都三點了，他還沒回來。
就事件的觀點而言，在這類的句子□，「都」的功能主要為突顯出與期待相違或有異於認知的事件。因此，不論是就語意方面分析或是就語用的功能上來探討，「事件」都是最佳的基礎分析單位。

This study aims at providing a systematic event-based model to describe the syntactic-semantic interface of dou sentences. There are at least two types of dou sentences. Consider the following:

(1)a.Zhangsan xiezi dou yong maobi.
Zhangsan write always with writing brush
‘Zhangsan always uses the writing brush to write.’

b.Zhe san-ge xuesheng dou lai-le.
Det three-Cl students all come-Asp
‘The three students all came.’

c.Zuotian, Zhangsan dou zai jia.
yesterday Zhangsan always at home
‘Yesterday, Zhangsan was at home.’

d.Zhe san ge xiongdi dou zhangde hen xiang
This three CL brother all grow very alike
“The three brothers all look much alike.”

(2)a.(Lian) Zhangsan dou mai-le zhe-ben shu.
Zhangsan buy-Asp this-CL book
‘Even Zhangsan bought this book.’

b.Tian dou hei le, baba hai mei huilai
Sky dark-Asp, papa not come back
‘It’s already dark outside, papa hasn’t come back yet.’

In the first group of sentence, dou is actually an event quantifier on account of its distinctive feature of accumulating events that share at least one common feature to yield a generalized or a habitual description to a proposition. The quantity of accumulated events is scaled plenty enough to form a comparatively large part when referring to the background set. In line with Davidson’s theory, events are considered as unrepeatable particulars which are the arguments that adverbials are taken to modify and Q-adverbs, such as dou, can quantify over.

The second type of dou sentences is what we called the focus related sentences in this study. Generally speaking, focus related usages of dou always carry a strong connotation having to do with contextual presumptions or expectations and implications of events’ contravening those expectations. Dou in these sentences is mainly used to trigger implicatures about (1) the unexpected additive event marked by adverbials such as lien…dou construction and (2) a subjective judgment of expectation contravening when dou is used as an asserted value marker. Therefore, the notion of implicature plays an important role in determining the pragmatic force of dou in a sentence. As it is explained in the first part of this study, the semantic value of dou in the first type of dou sentences is to function as an accumulator which collects or accumulates events to form a statement. If we approach these usages from the pragmatic point of view, it can be found that emphasizing the existence of certain events is the primary force that can be perceived in the second type of dou sentences.

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