CHAPTER 1 DISTRIBUTIVITY AND QUANTIFICATION 1.1 dou and all 1.2 dou and quantifiers CHAPTER 2 QUANTIFICATION AND PRESUPPOSITION. 2.1 The Basic facts 2.2 Previous approaches 2.3 Interaction of dou with many and few 2.4 Context dependency 2.5 Accounting for dou-(dis)harmony) 2.6 Other quantifiers 2.7 More on zhi ‘only' 2.8 Conclusion CHAPTER 3 FOCUS AND SCALARITY 3.1 The core facts 3.2 The sources of the scalar reading 3.3 Combining focus sensitive particles 3.4 Some implications of the analysis 3.5 Scope and scalarity 3.6 Previous approaches to scalarity and dou 3.7 Conclusion CHAPTER 4 MODALITY AND FREE CHOICE 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Background on free choice items 4.3 Renhe...dou as a universal 4.4 Is wh...dou like renhe...dou? 4.5 Previous analyses of Chinese FCIs 4.6 Conclusion CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSION: DOU, CONTEXT SENSITIVITY,AND BARE NPS 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Context Sensitivity ofdou again 5.3 dou and bare NPs 5.4 Summary Bibliography