i-iv -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- Separable complex verbs in Dutch: A case of periphrastic word formation -- And up it rises: Particle preposing in English -- English particle constructions, the lexicon, and the autonomy of syntax -- Idiosyncrasy in particle verbs -- Syntax or morphology: German particle verbs revisited -- Particle placement -- Extended VP-shells and the verb-particle construction -- Swedish particles and syntactic projection -- Dutch separable compound verbs: Words rather than phrases? -- Particle verbs are heads and phrases -- The influence of processing on syntactic variation: Particle placement in English -- Accessing and parsing phrasal predicates -- German particle verbs and word formation -- Parsing verb particle constructions: An approach based on event-related potentials (ERP) -- References -- Index -- Contributors