In the modular design of generative theory, the syntax–semantics interface has accounted all along for meanings at the level of Logical Form. The syntax–pragmatics interface, on the other hand, is the result of what one may call the 'pragmatic turn' in the linguistic theory, where content is partitioned into given and new information. In other words, the structural division of the clause has been subjected to criteria of information, or discourse structure. Both interfaces require a structurally descriptive inventory whose specific shapes can be motivated on theory-internal grounds only. The present collection of original articles develops the concept of these interfaces further. The papers in the first section focus on the syntax–semantics interface, those in the second section on the syntax–pragmatics interface. Table of contentsThe composition of meaning Alice ter Meulen and Werner Abraham 1 I. Mapping syntactic structure to meaning Coordination in morphology and syntax: The case of copulative compounds Susan Olsen 17 Aspect, infinitival complements, and evidentials Elly van Gelderen 39 The problem of unintelligibility Helen de Hoop 69 VP-internal subjects as 'unaccusatives': Burzio's 'Object Account' vs. the 'Perfectivity Account' Werner Abraham 83 II. Mapping meaning to information structure Either, both and neither in coordinate structures Petra Hendriks 115 Information structure meets Minimalist syntax: On argument order and case morphology in Bavarian Helmut Weiß 139 Focus particles, sentence meaning, and discourse structure Klaus von Heusinger 167 On the interpretation of multiple negation in spoken and written Afrikaans László Molnárfi 195