1. Acknowledgements; 2. List of contributors; 3. Overview (by Boeckx, Cedric); 4. Part I: Minimalism: A Point of Entry; 5. Some notes on the Minimalist Program (by Kitahara, Hisatsugu); 6. Part II: Minimalist Tools and Architectural Concerns; 7. Move F and PF/LF defectiveness (by Agbayani, Brian); 8. True optionality: When the grammar doesn't mind (by Biberauer, Theresa); 9. Focus and clause structuration in the minimalist program (by Irurtzun, Aritz); 10. Symmetry in syntax (by Kuno, Masakazu); 11. Japanese topic-constructions in the minimalist view of the syntax-semantics interface (by Munakata, Takashi); 12. Weak pronouns, object shift, and multiple spell-out: Evidence for phases at the PF interface (by Richards, Marc); 13. Merge, derivational C-command, and subcategorization in a label-free syntax (by Seely, T. Daniel); 14. Part III: Minimalist Tools and Empirical Pay-offs; 15. He himself and binding domains in a minimalist framework (by Fernandez-Salgueiro, Gerardo); 16. A minimalist analysis of Japanese passives (by Goro, Takuya); 17. A minimalist view on long passive (by Kiguchi, Hirohisa); 18. Null arguments and case-driven Agree in Turkish (by Ozturk, Balkiz); 19. On tough-movement (by Rezac, Milan); 20. Spanish existentials and other accusative constructions (by Rodriguez-Mondonedo, Miguel); 21. Index