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In this paper, the “Hen+noun” construction was investigated targeting the BCC corpus including spoken data. Based on this, the types and characteristics of nouns combined with degree adverbs were outlined, and the reasons for how nouns were able to be combined with degree adverbs were analyzed from the perspective of cognitive linguistics. Many of the nouns combined with “Hen” were abstract nouns. Abstract nouns are among the most atypical members in the category of nouns. Next, concrete nouns are more likely to be combined with “Hen” as they have more connotative meanings than conceptual meanings, and concrete nouns such as desks and chairs, which have almost no connotation, are members of typical nouns, so they can’t be combined with “Hen”. In the case of proper nouns, it was allowed to combine with “Hen” only if it has various attributes or characteristics or has a representative associative meaning. Otherwise it is difficult to combine with “Hen”. Based on these characteristics, through categorization and prototype theory of cognitive linguistics, this paper finds the atypical noun members are more likely to be combined with degree adverbs, while typical noun members can be combined with degree adverbs if they activate the inclusive meaning through metaphor and metonymy.
