1. Introduction 2. I. Syntactic aspects of lexical variation 3. Lexical and nonlexical noun incorporation (by Baker, Mark C.) 4. Extraction, lexical variation, and the theory of Barriers (by Muller, Gereon) 5. Lexical decomposition in syntax (by Stechow, Arnim von) 6. II. Model-theoretical approaches to text semantics 7. The epsilon operator and E-type pronouns (by Egli, Urs) 8. Tense and the logic of change (by Muskens, Reinhard) 9. The understanding and interpretation of text (by Ranta, Aarne) 10. III. Lexical meanings and concepts 11. Describing verbs of motion in prolog (by Mayo, Bruce) 12. Partir c'est quitter un peu: A two-level approach to polysemy (by Pause, Peter E.) 13. Polysemy in a two-level-semantics (by Schwarze, Christoph) 14. Lexical and conceptual structures in expressions for movement and space: with reference to Japanese, Korean, Thai, and Indonesian as compared to English and German (by Wienold, Gotz) 15. IV. The historical dimension 16. A contrastive study of vocabulary growth in different languages: French, English, Chinese, and Japanese (by Miyajima, Tatsuo) 17. Names index 18. Topical index