Welcome to the MiMA database website, which is a product of the Mind your Manner Adverbials! + research + project + run by linguists of Utrecht University (ILS, formerly UiL-OTS). The + research project is funded by the Dutch Research + Council (NWO).
-About the MiMA Project and Database
-Welcome to the MiMA database website, which is a product of the Mind your Manner Adverbials! research - project - run by linguists of Utrecht University (ILS, formerly UiL-OTS). The - research project is funded by the Dutch Research - Council (NWO).
+One of the main aims of the MiMA research project is to describe and analyze the cross-linguistic + variation + in the (morpho)syntax of manner adverbials. In pursuing this, we are interested in the internal + structure of + these adverbials (including complex words, phrases and clauses), their external structure (i.e., the way + in + which they distribute in a larger sentence), and the way in which these two properties of manner + adverbials + interact with each other. Part of this project consists of the development of a database on manner + adverbials. + For this, data were collected, compiled and made available in this database.
-One of the main aims of the research project is to map the cross-linguistic variation in the (morpho)syntax - of - manner adverbials. In pursuing this, we are interested in the internal structure (i.e., the internal make-up of - complex words and groups of words) of these adverbials, their external structure (i.e., the way in which they - distribute in the larger sentence), and the way in which these two variables interact. Part of building towards - this - goal consists of collecting the data contained in this database, and compiling and making them available in the - database.
+As one look at the database reveals, there is a lot of variation in the way in which languages form + and + use manner adverbials. This rich variation is found in closely related languages and varieties of a + single + language (dialects). This kind of variation has not been studied on a large scale and in detail before. + The + MiMA project contributes to the study of the (morpho)syntax of manner adverbials and its + cross-linguistic + variation by systematic collection and study of data from languages/language varieties that exhibit + different + degrees of relatedness. First of all, it focuses on the Dutch, English, Frisian, German, and Swedish + languages, + which all belong to the Germanic language family. Secondly, it focuses on dialectal varieties of Dutch. +
-As one look at the database reveals, there is a lot of variation in the way in which languages form and use - manner adverbials. This rich variation is found between unrelated, but also (closely) related languages/language - varieties, and has not been studied on a large scale and in detail before. The MiMA project contributes to the - study - of the (morpho)syntax of manner adverbials by systematic collection and study of data from languages/language - varieties that exhibit different degrees of relatedness: the Dutch dialects are very closely related - languages/language varieties, the Germanic languages are less closely related, and the non-Germanic languages - are - even further removed/unrelated. By studying the differences and similarities in the structure of the manner - adverbials, we can relate these to the differences and similarities between the languages/language varieties. - The - sample of languages/language varieties in our database allows us to do this at different levels of - fine-grainedness. -
+By studying the differences and similarities in the structure of the manner adverbials, these can be + related + to the differences and similarities between the languages and language varieties. The sample of + languages/ + language varieties in our database allows for this to be done on a fine-grained level.
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