This collection of essays presents an up-to-date overview of research in the minimalist program of linguistic theory. Th includes a new essay by Noam Chomsky as well as original contributions from other renowned : Andrew Barss, Zeljko Boskovic, Noam Chomsky, Hamida Demirdache, Hiroto Hoshi, Kyle Johnson, Roger Martin, Keiko Murasugi, Javier Ormazabal, Mamoru Saito, Daiko Takahashi, Juan Uriagereka, Myriam Uribe-Extebarria, Ewa Willim.