Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Inflection Class, Gender and DP Internal -- Structure -- Inflection Classes and Economy -- Left of Number Animacy and Plurality in German -- Nouns -- Feature Sharing in DPs -- A Topological Schema for Noun Phrases in -- German -- On Decomposing Inflection Class Features: -- Syncretism in Russian Noun Inflection -- A Factorial Typology of Number Marking in Noun -- Phrases: The Tension between Economy and Faithfulness -- Feature Checking, Case, and Agreement in German -- DPs -- Feminine vs. Non-Feminine Noun Phrases in -- German -- Categories and Paradigms. On Underspecification in -- Russian Declension -- Is There Any Need for the Concept of Directional -- Syncretism? -- Backmatter