This text covers: German standard pronouns and non-standard pronominal clitics; the epistemic use of German and English modals; arguments for two verb-second clause types in Germanic; the syntax of Dutch "er"; and the attributive genitive in the history of German.

1. Foreword (by Lippi-Green, Rosina L.); 2. German standard pronouns and non-standard pronominal clitics Typological corollaries (by Abraham, Werner); 3. The epistemic use of German and English modals (by Fagan, Sarah M.B.); 4. Arguments for two verb-second clause types in Germanic: A comparison of yiddish and German (by Velde, John R. te); 5. On the syntax of Dutch er (by Barbier, Isabella); 6. The attributive genitive in the history of German (by Lanouette, Ruth Lunt); 7. The verscharfung as feature spread (by Davis, Garry W.); 8. Germanic Class IV and V preterits (by Niepokuj, Mary K.); 9. Germanic in early roman times (by Polome, Edgar C.); 10. Toward a phonological description of l Palatalization in Central Yiddish (by Jacobs, Neil G.); 11. Phonology, Orthography and the Umlaut puzzle (by Fertig, David); 12. Subject index; 13. Language index; 14. Authors index