Empirically rich, analytically sophisticated, and theoretically necessary. A major step forward in minimalist theorizing.

- Martina Wiltschko, Department of Linguistics, University of British Columbia,

This work is a solid contribution to ongoing discussions of interfaces between syntax and other linguistic systems. The author does not claim to know all the answers, but his intricate analyses of different syntactic, morphological and semantic problems found in Indonesian, Javanese and other languages can ignite fruitful discussions among the scholars working in minimalist syntax, for whom this book will be especially interesting and useful.

- Eugenia Romanova, Institute of International Relations, Yekaterinburg, Russia, on Linguist List 23.2886 (2012),

Sato’s book presents highly articulated theoretical arguments based on the evidence from two Austronesian languages, Indonesian and Javanese. The author discusses well-studied topics as well as newly discovered data, and offers minimalist analyses. The scope of the analyses ranges over syntax, semantics, morphology and phonology as well as their interfaces, and has far-reaching implications for minimalist theorizing. This is a nice example of analyses of relatively less studied languages contributing to the development of linguistic theory.

- Kunio Nishiyama, Department of Humanities and Communication Studies, Ibaraki University,