Manner is ubiquitous in human life. When we do things, we often do them in a particular way. This way of doing things is reflected in our language. You can drive slowly, think aloud, handle things with care, do things your way, and act as if you’re a fool. The research project Mind your Manner Adverbials! (MiMa) addresses the question of how ‘manner’ is encoded in the structure of human language (see also Hallonsten Halling 2018; Bogren Svensson 2023). In this talk, I will start by briefly summarizing the major aims of the MiMa-project. I will subsequently explore the inner structure and external behavior of a variety of manner-adverbial patterns in Dutch which, to my knowledge, have not been studied in any depth so far.

All are welcome.