This volume is devoted to the syntax and semantics of various languages, studied with models based on constraints. Both French and international linguists present their work in tribute to Danièle Godard, emeritus research director at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique in France, a member of the Laboratoire de Linguistique Formelle at Université Paris Diderot, and a specialist in the syntax and semantics of French and Romance languages.

Anne Abeillé is professor of linguistics at Université Paris Diderot. Olivier Bonami is a professor in and director of the Laboratoire de Linguistique Formelle at Université Paris Diderot.