Frontmatter -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Part I. Theoretical background -- Chapter 2. Introduction to the basic claims: English -- Chapter 3. Metrical phonology and the analysis of rhythmic adjustments in English. An overview of the literature -- Part II. Rhythmic Adjustment in Dutch -- Chapter 4. Some formal properties of Dutch words, compounds and phrases -- Chapter 5. Rhythmic phenomena in Dutch nominal phrases: left-directional rhythmic adjustments -- Chapter 6. Rhythmic phenomena in Dutch nominal compounds: right-directional rhythmic adjustments -- Part III. Analysis -- Chapter 7. Interactions and rule ordering. Structural conditions -- Chapter 8. Dependency and the notion DTEw -- Appendix I. Some comments on compounds and phrases -- Appendix II. Translation of Dutch examples -- References