Hans Broekhuis is a researcher on the Variationist Linguistics Language Portal at the Meertens Instituut, part of the Dutch academy of sciences (KNAW). He has published with colleagues many volumes in the Syntax of Dutch series, and has co-edited Broekhuis, H. & R. Vogel. (2013) Linguistic Derivations and Filtering. Minimalism and Optimality Theory (Equinox, 2013), and a monograph entitled Derivations and evaluations. Object shift in the Germanic languages (Mouton de Gruyter, 2008)Norbert Corver is professor of Dutch linguistics at Utrecht University.

Abbreviations and symbolsPreface and acknowledgments1. General introduction2. Main objective3. Intended readership4. Object of description5. Organization of the material6. History of the project and future prospects7. AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1CoordinationIntroduction1.1. General properties1.2. Monosyndetic, polysyndetic and asyndetic coordination1.3. Coordinands1.4. CoordinatorsChapter 2Ellipsis in coordinate structuresIntroduction2.1. Conjunction Reduction2.2. Gapping2.3. Combining conjunction reduction and gapping2.4. ConclusionChapter 3Borderline cases of coordination?Introduction3.1. Four supposed borderline cases3.2. A note on the semantic side of gapping3.3. Conclusion and a potential problemBibliographical notesGlossarySubject indexList of references