Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1. The goal of the project -- 2. Persian syntax: an overview -- 3. Scrambling in Persian -- 4. Theoretical assumptions -- 5. The outline of the monograph -- Chapter 2 Literature on Scrambling -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Base-generation approach -- 3. Scrambling as syntactic movement -- 4. Why does Lx, but not Ly, allow scrambling? -- 5. Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Local Scrambling and A-Movement -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Subject in Persian -- 3. Objects in Persian -- 4. Persian as a topic-prominent language -- 5. The role of T -- 6. Local scrambling: A-movement? -- 7. Conclusion -- Chapter 4 Operator/Discourse Domain and A'-Scrambling -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Adverbs -- 3. Topic positions -- 4. Focus -- 5. Restrictions on scrambling -- 6. Conclusion -- Chapter 5 Scrambling, Scope, and Binding -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Scope marking -- 3. Binding -- 4. Conclusion -- Chapter 6 Long Distance Scrambling and Island Constraints -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Island conditions -- 3. Scrambling and island effects -- 4. Processing effects -- 5. Argument/adjunct structure effects -- 6. Representation versus derivation -- 7. Conclusion -- Chapter 7 Theoretical Consequences -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Is typology of movement a myth? -- 3. Syntactic positions and interpretation -- 4. Derivational versus representational syntax -- 5. Further research -- References -- Subject Index -- Author Index.