Hans Broekhuis & Ralf Vogel: Introduction: Derivations and Filtering in the Minimalist Program and Optimality Theory Part 1: Combining MP with an OT-Evaluation 1. Hans Broekhuis: Derivations and Evaluations 2. Gema Chocano (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid) & Mike Putnam: Filing in the Gaps: PF-Optimalization in Parasitic Gap Constructions in Dutch and German 3. Martin Salzmann (Universität Zürich): On Three Types of Variation in Resumption -- Evidence in Favour of Violable and Ranked Constraints Part 2: Local and Global Optimization 4. John McCarthy & Kathryn Pruitt (both at University of Massachusetts): Sources of Phonological Structure 5. Fabian Heck & Gereon Müller (both at Universität Leipzig): Extremely Local Optimization 6. Ellen Woolford (University of Massachusetts): Aspect Splits and Parasitic Marking 7. Eva Engels & Sten Vikner (both at University of Aarhus): Derivation of Scandinavian Object Shift and Remnant VP-Topicalisation Part 3: Optimal Design, Economy and Last Resort in OT 8.

Vieri Samek-Lodovici (University College London): Optimality Theory and the Minimalist Program 9. Ralf Vogel: The Trivial Generator 10. Jane Grimshaw (Rutgers University): Last Resorts: A Typology of Do-Support Part 4: The Role of the Interpretive Components 11. Hedde Zeijlstra (University of Amsterdam): Hard and Soft Conditions on the Faculty of Language: Constituting Parametric Variation 12. Kleanthes Grohmann (University of Cyprus): Spell-Out Rules: Ranked Competition of Copy Modification.