This book addresses the fundamental issues in the phase-based approach to the mental computation of language that have arisen from the recent developments in the Minimalist Program. Leading linguists focus on phase theory and the interaction of syntax with the semantic and phonological interfaces.

1. Interfaces and Phases, Kleanthes K. Grohmann Part I Conceptual Issues 2. The Successor Function + LEX = Human Language?, Wolfram Hinzen 3. The Division of C-I and the Nature of the Input, Multiple Transfer, and Phases, Takashhi Munakata 4. Dislocation Effects, Uninterpretable Features, Functional Heads, and Parametric Variation: Consequences of Conflicting Interface Conditions, Hedde Zeijlstra 5. Adjunction, Phase Interpretation, and Condition C, Petr Biskup Part II Articulatory Issues 6. Non-Simultaneous Spell-Out in the Clausal and Nominal Domain, Franc Lanko Marusic 7. A Phonological View of Phases, Kayono Shiobara 8. A Dynamic Approach to the Syntax-Phonology Interface: A Case Study from Greek, Anthi Revithiadou & Vassilios Spyropoulos 9. Spelling Out Prosodic Domains: A Multiple Spell-Out Account, Yosuke Sato Part III Deletion Issues 10. Towards a Phase-Based Analysis of Post-Verbal Sentential Complements in German, Jiro Inaba 11. Right-Node Raising and Delayed Spell-Out, Asaf Bachrach & Roni Katzir 12. The Ellipsis Movement Generalization and the Notion of Phase, Masanori Nakamura 13. Island Repair, Non-Repair, and the Organization of the Grammar, Howard Lasnik References Author Index Language Index Subject Index