Frontmatter -- Contents The Rise of Competition in Syntax: A Synopsis Let's Phrase It! Focus, Word Order, and Prosodic Phrasing in German Double Object Constructions Remarks on the Economy of Pronunciation On the Integration of Cumulative Effects into Optimality Theory Quantifier Scope in German and Cyclic Optimization Experimental Evidence for Constraint Competition in Gapping Constructions Word Order Variation: Competition or Co-Operation? OT Accounts of Optionality: A Comparison of Global Ties and Neutralization The Interpretation of Object Shift and Optimality Theory Case Conflict in German Free Relative Constructions: An Optimality Theoretic Treatment The Optimal Linking of Arguments: The Case of English Psych Verbs Index of OT-Constraints Index of Subjects