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This volume brings together articles by some major figures in various linguistics domains -- phonology, morphology and syntax -- aiming at explaining the form of linguistic items by exploring the structures that underlie them.<br> The book is divided in 5 parts: vowels, syllables, templates, syntax-morphology interface and Afro-Asiatic languages. Specific topics are the internal structure of vowels and its relation to harmony; the logic of recurrent vocalic patterns; syllabic prominence; the interaction of syllabic and templatic structure and segmental realization; the innateness of templates and paradigms; the limits of phonology; and various morpho-syntactic implications on phonological form.<br> The volume renders homage to Jean Lowenstamm's work, by underlining the importance of seeking structural and intermodular insight in the study of linguistic form.