Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Form and function of verb second - an overview -- A grammar competition analysis of V2 phenomena in second language acquisition -- How much verb moves to second position? -- Notes on the left periphery of V2 complement clauses in German: Complementiser drop and complementiser doubling -- Assertive potential, speaker evidence and embedded V2 -- What kind of main clause phenomenon is V2 in German? -- The left periphery as interface - On verb second and finiteness interaction -- Variation and change in the licensing of dependent V2 in German -- On the licensing of null subjects in Old Venetian -- Verb third as Cluster movement in German -- On the role of the left periphery in the interpretation of causal Wo-VE-clauses -- Parentheticals, root phenomena, and V2 in German -- Verb movement and topicalization in German -- Addresses -- Index