The term ¿Mayä in Indian traditions refers to our sensory perception of the world and as
such to a superficial reality (or ¿un¿reality¿) that we must look beyond to find the inner
reality of things. Applied to the study of language we perceive sounds a superficial reality
and then we seek structures the underlying reality in what we call phonology morphology and
syntax. This volume starts with an introduction by the editors which shows how the various
papers contained in the volume reflect the spectrum of research interests of Andrea Calabrese
as well as his influence on the work of colleagues and his students. Contributors united in
their search for the abstract structures that underlie the appearances of languages include
linguists such as Adriana Belletti Paola Benincà Jonathan Bobaljik Gugliemo Cinque David
Embick Mirko Grimaldi Harry van der Hulst Michael Kenstowicz Maria Rita Manzini Andrew
Nevins Elizabeth Pyatt Luigi Rizzi Leonardo Savoia Laura Vanelli Bert Vaux Susi Wurmbrand
as well as a few junior researchers including Mariachiara Berizzi Giuliano Bocci Stefano
Canalis Silvio Cruschina Irina Monich Beata Moskal Diego Pescarini Joseph Perry Roberto
Petrosino and Kobey Schwayder.
