This collection of papers represents generative research in South Slavic syntax and formal grammar. Many of the papers were presented at the first and second conferences on "Formal Approaches to South Slavic Languages", held in Plovdiv in 1995 and Sofia in 1997 respectively.

1. Introduction: The Clausal Structure of South Slavic (by Dimitrova-Vulchanova, Mila); 2. Verb Movement and Economy: Last Resort (by Rivero, Maria Luisa); 3. Conjunction Doubling and 'Avoid Conjunction Principle' (by Progovac, Ljiljana); 4. On the Contrast Relation in the Balkan Languages in Comparison to Russian and German (by Petkova Schick, Ivanka); 5. The System of Auxiliaries in Bulgarian (by Krapova, Iliyana); 6. Against 'Long Head Movement': Lexical Insertion and the Bulgarian Auxiliary 'BE' (by Caink, Andrew D.); 7. Tense, Aspect, and Aspectual Composition (by Verkuyl, Henk J.); 8. Possessors in the Bulgarian DP (by Dimitrova-Vulchanova, Mila); 9. Vsjako Nacalo e Trudno: Traps in Lesson I in the South Slavic Languages (by Browne, Wayles); 10. On Clitic Displacement (by Toman, Jindrich); 11. Functional Categories and the Structure of the DP in Bosnian (by Leko, Nedzad); 12. Index of Subjects; 13. Index of Names; 14. Index of Languages