Marcel den Dikken (Ph.D., Leiden, 1992) has held university appointments in Amsterdam, Groningen, Tilburg, Los Angeles, and New York City, and is currently a Research Professor in Budapest. He is co-author of Syntax of Dutch: Nouns and Noun Phrases, volume 2 (2014), editor of The Cambridge Handbook of Generative Syntax (Cambridge, 2013), and Series Editor of Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory.

• 1. Introduction; 2. The directionality of structure building; 3. Find the gap; 4. A syntactic typology of long Ā-dependencies; 5. The trouble with subjects; 6. Conclusion.

'Marcel den Dikkenʼs book Dependency and Directionality is a must-read for syntacticians. It calls into question many long-held assumptions about the building of syntactic structures and replaces standard views with a challenging alternative that is supported with page after page of solid evidence.' Frederick J. Newmeyer, University of Washington Adjunct Professor, University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University, British Columbia

Marcel den Dikken (Ph.D., Leiden, 1992) has held university appointments in Amsterdam, Groningen, Tilburg, Los Angeles, and New York City, and is currently a Research Professor in Budapest. He is co-author of Syntax of Dutch: Nouns and Noun Phrases, volume 2 (2014), editor of The Cambridge Handbook of Generative Syntax (Cambridge, 2013), and Series Editor of Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory.

• 1. Introduction; 2. The directionality of structure building; 3. Find the gap; 4. A syntactic typology of long Ā-dependencies; 5. The trouble with subjects; 6. Conclusion.

'Marcel den Dikkenʼs book Dependency and Directionality is a must-read for syntacticians. It calls into question many long-held assumptions about the building of syntactic structures and replaces standard views with a challenging alternative that is supported with page after page of solid evidence.' Frederick J. Newmeyer, University of Washington Adjunct Professor, University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University, British Columbia

Marcel den Dikken (Ph.D., Leiden, 1992) has held university appointments in Amsterdam, Groningen, Tilburg, Los Angeles, and New York City, and is currently a Research Professor in Budapest. He is co-author of Syntax of Dutch: Nouns and Noun Phrases, volume 2 (2014), editor of The Cambridge Handbook of Generative Syntax (Cambridge, 2013), and Series Editor of Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory.

• 1. Introduction; 2. The directionality of structure building; 3. Find the gap; 4. A syntactic typology of long Ā-dependencies; 5. The trouble with subjects; 6. Conclusion.

'Marcel den Dikkenʼs book Dependency and Directionality is a must-read for syntacticians. It calls into question many long-held assumptions about the building of syntactic structures and replaces standard views with a challenging alternative that is supported with page after page of solid evidence.' Frederick J. Newmeyer, University of Washington Adjunct Professor, University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University, British Columbia