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