Recent work in theoretical syntax has revealed the strong explanatory power of the notions of economy, competition, and optimization. Building grammars entirely upon these elements, Optimality Theory syntax provides a theory of universal grammar with a formally precise and strongly restricted theory of universal typology: cross-linguistic variation arises exclusively from the conflict among universal principles.Beginning with a general introduction to Optimality Theory syntax, this volume provides a comprehensive overview of the state of the art, as represented by the work of the leading developers of the theory. The broad range of topics treated includes morphosyntax (case, inflection, voice, and cliticization), the syntax of reference (control, anaphora, and pronominalization), the gammar of clauses (complementizers and their absence), and grammatical and discourse effects in word order. Among the theoretical themes running throughout are the interplay between faithfulness and markedness, and various questions of typology and of inventory.

Contributors
Peter Ackema, Judith Aissen, Eric Bakovic, Joan Bresnan, Hye-Won Choi, João Costa, Jane Grimshaw, Edward Keer, Géraldine Legendre, Gereon Müller, Ad Neeleman, Vieri Samek-Lodovici, Peter Sells, Margaret Speas, Sten Vikner, Colin Wilson, Ellen Woolford

1 An Introduction to Optimality Theory in Syntax

2 Competition between Syntax and Morphology

3 Markedness and Subject Choice in Optimality Theory

4 Optimality and Ineffability

5 The Emergence of the Unmarked Pronoun

6 Binding and Discourse Prominence: Reconstruction in Focus Scrambling

7 The Emergence of Unmarked Word Order

8 Optimal Clitic Positions and the Lexicon in Romance Clitic Systems

9 Masked Second-Position Effects and the Linearization of Function Features

10 Order Preservation, Parallel Movement, and the Emergence of the Unmarked

11 Crosslinguistic Typologies in Optimality

12 Form and Function in the Typology of Grammatical Voice Systems

13 Constraints on Null Pronouns

14 V-to-I Movement and do-Insertion in Optimality Theory

15 Bidirectional Optimization and the Theory of Anaphora

16 Case Patterns 

Jane Grimshaw is Professor of Linguistics and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers University.

Sten Vikner is Assistant Professor of Linguistics and of German Linguistics at the University of Stuttgart.

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