This work explores the Yiddish double-object construction, trying to account for its word order variations through the most suitable phrase structure theory. Since Yiddish exhibits both VO and OV properties, it can be analysed as either VO or OV underlyingly. The core assumption behind this debate is questioned, and an alternative, more flexible account for the structure of Yiddish VP is suggested: According to Neeleman and Weerman's theory of flexible syntax (1999), coexisting structures can be base-generated. This work thus assumes a flexible structure for Yiddish, which relies on Universal...