has. And, as we have seen, it is a fascinating enterprise to choreograph the balance between pure syntax and its
interfaces with the other components.
I have no illusion that such a thoroughgoing reconstruction of linguistic theory will be easy. Perhaps the hardest part
willbemaintainingthesense of globalintegration, keeping thesubdomains of thefield more closelyin touch thanthey
have recently been. If we choose to accept the challenge, I think the structure of language can still give us the best
possible entrée into the mysteries of thought. The tools we have developed in the past thirty years are cause for
encouragement. But linguistics alone cannot sustain the weight of the inquiry. We need all the help we can get from
every possible quarter. Above all, my hope for the present work is that it can help encourage the necessary culture of
collaboration.