Contains a selection of papers presented at the meeting of the Linguistic Society of the Netherlands (Algemene Vereniging voor Taalwetenschap). This title presents an overview of research in different fields of linguistics in the Netherlands containing articles on phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics.

1. Foreword; 2. Some implicatures reveal semantic differences (by Banga, Arina); 3. Placing objects before subjects in Dutch: A comparison between word order variation in experimental and natural sentence production (by Bergen, Geertje van); 4. The perception of word stress in existing and non-existing Dutch words by native speakers and second language learners (by Caspers, Johanneke); 5. Mixed genres in lecture room discourse: A structural analysis (by Dam-van Isselt, Jet van); 6. The placement of focus particles in Dutch (by Foolen, Ad); 7. When movement and base-generation compete: The definition of the reference set and parameterized preferences for elementary operations (by Salzmann, Martin); 8. Lexically bound mouth actions in Sign Language of the Netherlands: A comparison between different registers and age groups (by Sande, Inge van de); 9. Derivational contrasts in Dutch and French: Evidence from the acquisition of Long Distance Wh-questions (by Strik, Nelleke); 10. Metonymy without a referential shift: Adding evidence to the discussion (by Sweep, Josefien); 11. A semantic map of secondary predication (by Verkerk, Annemarie); 12. The effect of infelicity on children's sensitivity to Weak Crossover: Evidence from Dutch and English (by Ziel, Marie-Elise van der); 13. Clusivity of Dutch wij: Evidence from pointing (by Zwets, M.)