ABSTRACT
The fourteen chapters included in this volume represent a substantial part of my research over the years on the theory of syntax and the syntaxsemantics interface, within the principles-and-parameters framework of generative grammar. Space limitations have made it necessary to make some selections, to include only chapters that meet one or more of the following criteria: (a) chapters addressing issues that, in spite of their original dates of publication, are still alive today, fi guring in current discussions in the fi eld; (b) chapters that, due to the relative obscurity of their original publication venues, have not been widely circulated but that I believe deserve to be made available to a wider readership; and (c) chapters whose inclusion seems essential for a more adequate representation of my views on syntax and its relationship with (i) lexical semantics, (ii) logical semantics, and (iii) anaphora.
