1. Table of contents; 2. Connectivity as an object of linguistics (by Rehbein, Jochen); 3. Aspects of language change and language acquisition; 4. Grammaticalization of converb constructions: The case of Japanese -te conjunctive constructions (by Shibatani, Masayoshi); 5. Contact, connectivity and language evolution (by Matras, Yaron); 6. Allora: On the recurrence of function-word borrowing in contact situations with Italian as donor language (by Stolz, Thomas); 7. Some notes on the syntax-pragmatics interface in bilingual children: German in contact with French / Italian (by Muller, Natascha); 8. Pronouns, topics and subjects; 9. Distribution and function of clitic object pronouns in popular16th-18th century Greek narratives: A synchronic and diachronic perspective (by Thoma, Chrystalla A.); 10. Nominative subjects of non-finite clauses in Hiberno-English (by Pietsch, Lukas); 11. Finiteness in text and discourse; 12. Aspectotemporal connectivity in Turkic: Text construction, text subdivision, discourse types and taxis (by Johanson, Lars); 13. Connectivity by means of finite elements in monolingual and bilingual Turkish discourse (by Karakoc, Birsel); 14. Subordination - coordination; 15. Alternative subordination strategies in Turkish (by Kerslake, Celia); 16. Studying connectivity with the help of computer-readable corpora: Some exemplary analyses from modern and historical, written and spoken corpora (by Baumgarten, Nicole); 17. Discourse coordination in Turkish monolingual and Turkish-German bilingual children's talk: iste (by Herkenrath, Annette); 18. Adverbials, particles and constructions; 19. Modal adverbs as discourse markers: A bilingual approach to the study of indeed (by Aijmer, Karin); 20. "So, given this common theme...": Linking constructions in discourse across languages (by Buhrig, Kristin); 21. An utterance-transcending connector: Particle to in utterance-final position in Japanese business reporting (by Sugita, Yuko); 22. Between connectivity and modality: Reported speech in interpreter-mediated doctor-patient communication (by Johnen, Thomas); 23. Matrix constructions (by Rehbein, Jochen); 24. Language index; 25. Name index; 26. Subject index