This part summarizes theoretical approaches to key aspects of Dutch syntax. The chapters focus on topics that have defined the debate on the structure of Dutch, emphasizing how views have developed over the years and what impact the analyses have had on syntactic theory in general.

The subjects covered are: the syntactic realization of argument structure (chapter 8), the question of Dutch as an OV/VO language (chapter 9), verb second (chapter 10), verb clustering (chapter 11), the syntax of noun phrases, adjective phrases, and prepositional phrases (chapter 12), and binding and control (chapter 13).