Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Authors -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- Part I: Finiteness in Formal Theories -- 2 Three domains of finiteness: a Minimalist perspective -- 3 Finiteness in non-transformational syntactic frameworks -- Part II: Finiteness in Functional Theories and Typology -- 4 Deconstructing categories: finiteness in a functional-typological perspective -- 5 Categories that make finiteness: discreteness from a functional perspective and some of its repercussions -- 6 Constructional Economy and nonfinite independent clauses -- Part III: Finiteness in Individual Languages -- 7 Clause structure and verbal forms in Nakh-Daghestanian languages -- 8 In what ways can finite and nonfinite clauses differ? Evidence from Russian -- 9 Verbal and nominalized finite clauses in Turkish -- Part IV: Finiteness in Diachrony and Language Acquisition -- 10 Diachrony and finiteness: subordination in the dialects of southern Italy -- 11 Insubordination and its uses -- 12 Finiteness in first and second language acquisition -- References -- Author Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z -- Subject and Language Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.