"Explorations in Nominal Inflection" is a collection of new articles that focus on nominal inflection markers in different languages. The studies are concerned with the morphological inventories of markers, their syntactic distribution, and, importantly, the interaction between the two. As a result, the contributions shed new light on the morphology/syntax interface, and on the role of morpho-syntactic features in mediating between the two components. Issues that feature prominently throughout are inflection class, case, gender, number, animacy, syncretism, iconicity, agreement, the status of paradigms, the nature of morpho-syntactic features, and the structure of nominal projections. Recurrent analytical tools involve the concepts of competition (optimality, specificity), underspecification, and economy, in various theoretical frameworks. Of interest to: Research Libraries, Teachers and Advanced Students ofLinguistics (Syntax and Morphology).Date of Publication: 12/2004Gereon Müller is Professor at the German Department, University of Leipzig. Lutz Gunkel is Researcher at the Institut für Deutsche Sprache, Mannheim. Gisela Zifonun is Professor of Linguistics and head of the Grammar Group at the Instiut für Deutsche Sprache, Mannheim. From the Contents:Introduction GEREON MÜLLER, LUTZ GUNKEL, & GISELA ZIFONUN Inflection Class, Gender and DP Internal Structure ARTEMIS ALEXIADOUInflection Classes and Economy JAMES P. BLEVINS Left of Number. Animacy and Plurality in German Nouns PETER EISENBERG & ULRIKE SAYATZ Feature Sharing in DPs PETER GALLMANN A Topological Schema for Noun Phrases in German PAWEL KARNOWSKI & JÜRGEN PAFEL On Decomposing Inflection Class Features: Syncretism in Russian NounInflection GEREON MÜLLERA Factorial Typology of Number Marking in Noun Phrases: The Tension betweenEconomy and Faithfulness ALBERT ORTMANN Feature Checking, Case, and Agreement in German DPs WOLFGANG STERNEFELD Feminine vs. Non-Feminine Noun Phrases in German ROLF THIEROFF Categories and Paradigms. On Underspecification in Russian Declension BERND WIESE TO ORDER, PLEASE CONTACTSFG Servicecenter-FachverlagePostfach 434372774 Reutlingen, GermanyFax: +49 (0)7071 - 93 53 - 33E-mail: deGruyter@s-f-g.com For USA, Canada, Mexico: Walter de Gruyter, Inc.PO Box 960Herndon, VA 20172-0960Tel.: +1 (703) 661 1589Tel. Toll-free +1 (800) 208 8144Fax: +1 (703) 661 1501 e-mail: degruytermail@presswarehouse.com