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2012

[37] (1) Baronchelli, A., Chater, N., Pastor-Satorras, R., and Christiansen, M. H. (2012) The biological origin of linguistic diversity. PLoS ONE, 7(10):e48029.

[36] Frank, S. L., Bod, R., and Christiansen, M. H. (2012) How hierarchical is language use? Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.

2011

[35] Christiansen, M. H., Reali, F., and Chater, N. (2011) Biological adaptations for functional features of language in the face of cultural evolution. Human Biology, 83(2):247--259.

[34] Monaghan, P., Christiansen, M. H., and Fitneva, S. A. (2011) The arbitrariness of the sign: Learning advantages from the structure of the vocabulary. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 140(3):325.

[33] Chater, N. and Christiansen, M. H. (2011) A solution to the logical problem of language evolution: language as an adaptation to the human brain. In Kathleen R. Gibson and Maggie Tallerman, editors, The Oxford Handbook of Language Evolution. Oxford University Press.

2010

[32] Bentz, C. and Christiansen, M. H. (2010) Linguistic adaptation at work? The change of word order and case system from latin to the romance languages. In Andrew D. M. Smith and Marieke Schouwstra and Bart de Boer and Kenny Smith, editors, Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on the Evolution of Language, pages 26--33. World Scientific.

[31] (15) Chater, N. and Christiansen, M. H. (2010) Language Acquisition Meets Language Evolution. Cognitive Science, 34(7):1131--1157.

2009

[30] Christiansen, M. H., Chater, N., Griffiths, T. L., and Kirby, S. (2009) Cultural Evolution of Language: Implications for Cognitive Science. In Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society.

[29] (4) Christiansen, M. H., Chater, N., and Reali, F. (2009) The biological and cultural foundations of language. Communicative \& Integrative Biology, 2(3):221--222.

[28] Christiansen, M. H., Collins, C., and Edelman, S. (2009) Language Universals: A Collaborative Project for the Language Sciences. In M.H. Christiansen and C. Collins and S. Edelman, editors, Language Universals, pages 3--17. Oxford University Press.

[27] (58) Christiansen, M. H. and Kirby, S. (2009) Language Evolution. In Larry R. Squire, editor, Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, pages 321 -- 327. Oxford: Academic Press.

[26] (6) Beckner, C., Blythe, R., Bybee, J., Christiansen, M. H., Croft, W., Ellis, N. C., Holland, J., Ke, J., Larsen-Freeman, D., and Schoenemann, T. (2009) Language Is a Complex Adaptive System: Position Paper. Language Learning, 59(s1):1--26.

[25] (4) Christiansen, M. H. and MacDonald, M. C. (2009) A Usage-Based Approach to Recursion in Sentence Processing. Language Learning, 59(s1):126--161.

[24] (5) Hruschka, D. J., Christiansen, M. H., Blythe, R. A., Croft, W., Heggarty, P., Mufwene, S. S., Pierrehumbert, J. B., and Poplack, S. (2009) Building social cognitive models of language change. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 13(11):464--469.

[23] Jaeger, H., Baronchelli, A., Briscoe, E., Christiansen, M. H., Griffiths, T. L., Jaeger, G., Kirby, S., Komarova, N. L., Richerson, P. J., Steels, L., and Triesch, J. (2009) What can mathematical, computational and robotic models tell us about the origins of syntax? In Derek Bickerton and Eors Szathmary, editors, Biological Foundations and Origin of Syntax. MIT Press.

[22] (7) Reali, F. and Christiansen, M. H. (2009) Sequential learning and the interaction between biological and linguistic adaptation in language evolution. Interaction Studies, 10(1):5--30.

[21] Reali, F. and Christiansen, M. H. (2009) On the Necessity of an Interdisciplinary Approach to Language Universals. In M.H. Christiansen and C. Collins and S. Edelman, editors, Language Universals, pages 266--296. Oxford University Press.

2008

[20] (69) Christiansen, M. H. and Chater, N. (2008) Language as shaped by the brain. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 31(5):489--509.

[19] Christiansen, M. H. and Chater, N. (2008) Brains, genes, and language evolution: A new synthesis. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 31(5):537--558.

2007

[18] Reali, F. and Christiansen, M. H. (2007) Processing of relative clauses is made easier by frequency of occurrence. Journal of Memory and Language, 57(1):1--23.

2006

[17] Christiansen, M. H., Reali, F., and Chater, N. (2006) The Baldwin effect works for functional, but not arbitrary, features of language. In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on the Evolution of Language, pages 27--34.

[16] Sternberg, D. A. and Christiansen, M. H. (2006) The implications of bilingualism and multilingualism on potential evolved language mechanisms. In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on the Evolution of Language, pages 333--340.

2005

[15] Christiansen, M. H., Conway, C. M., and Curtin, S. (2005) Multiple-cue integration in language acquisition: A connectionist model of speech segmentation and rule-like behavior. In James W. Minett and William S.-Y. Wang, editors, Language Acquisition, Change and Emergence: Essays in Evolutionary Linguistics. City University of Hong Kong Press.

2004

[14] Christiansen, M. H. and Dale, R. (2004) The Role of Learning and Development in Language Evolution: A Connectionist Perspective. In D. Kimbrough Oller and Ulrike Griebel, editors, Evolution of Communication Systems: A Comparative Approach, pages 91--109. Cambridge MA: MIT Press.

2003

[13] Christiansen, M. H. and Dale, R. (2003) Language evolution and change. In M.A. Arbib, editor, Handbook of brain theory and neural networks (2nd ed.), pages 604--606. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

[12] (24) Christiansen, M. H. and Kirby, S. (2003) Language Evolution: The Hardest Problem in Science? In M.H. Christiansen and S. Kirby, editors, Language Evolution: The States of the Art. Oxford University Press.

[11] (58) Christiansen, M. H. and Kirby, S. (2003) Language Evolution: The States of the Art. Oxford University Press.

[10] (43) Christiansen, M. H. and Kirby, S. (2003) Language Evolution: Consensus and Controversies. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 7(7):300--307.

[9] (5) Kirby, S. and Christiansen, M. H. (2003) From language learning to language evolution. In M.H. Christiansen and S. Kirby, editors, Language Evolution: The States of the Art. Oxford University Press.

2002

[8] (7) Christiansen, M. H., Dale, R., Ellefson, M. R., and Conway, C. M. (2002) The role of sequential learning in language evolution: Computational and experimental studies. In Angelo Cangelosi and Domenico Parisi, editors, Simulating the Evolution of Language, pages 165--188. London: Springer Verlag.

[7] (8) Christiansen, M. H. and Ellefson, M. R. (2002) Linguistic Adaptation Without Linguistic Constraints: The Role of Sequential Learning in Language Evolution. In Alison Wray, editor, The Transition to Language. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

[6] Christiansen, M. H. (2002) Language evolution and change. In M.A. Arbib, editor, Handbook of Brain Theory and Neural Networks (2nd Edition). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

2001

[5] (13) Conway, C. M. and Christiansen, M. H. (2001) Sequential learning in non-human primates. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 5(12):539--546.

1999

[4] (23) Christiansen, M. H. and Chater, N. (1999) Toward a connectionist model of recursion in human linguistic performance. Cognitive Science, 23(2):157--205.

1997

[3] (16) Christiansen, M. H. and Devlin, J. T. (1997) Recursive inconsistencies are hard to learn: A connectionist perspective on universal word order correlations. In Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, pages 113--118. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

1994

[2] (29) Christiansen, M. H. (1994) Infinite Languages, Finite Minds: Connectionism, Learning and Linguistic Structure. PhD thesis, University of Edinburgh, Scotland.

[1] (6) Christiansen, M. H. and Chater, N. (1994) Generalization and connectionist language learning. Mind and Language, 9:273--287.

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2012
[37]	(1)	Baronchelli, A., Chater, N., Pastor-Satorras, R., and Christiansen, M. H. (2012) The biological origin of linguistic diversity. PLoS ONE, 7(10):e48029.
[36]		Frank, S. L., Bod, R., and Christiansen, M. H. (2012) How hierarchical is language use? Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.
2011
[35]		Christiansen, M. H., Reali, F., and Chater, N. (2011) Biological adaptations for functional features of language in the face of cultural evolution. Human Biology, 83(2):247--259.
[34]		Monaghan, P., Christiansen, M. H., and Fitneva, S. A. (2011) The arbitrariness of the sign: Learning advantages from the structure of the vocabulary. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 140(3):325.
[33]		Chater, N. and Christiansen, M. H. (2011) A solution to the logical problem of language evolution: language as an adaptation to the human brain. In Kathleen R. Gibson and Maggie Tallerman, editors, The Oxford Handbook of Language Evolution. Oxford University Press.
2010
[32]		Bentz, C. and Christiansen, M. H. (2010) Linguistic adaptation at work? The change of word order and case system from latin to the romance languages. In Andrew D. M. Smith and Marieke Schouwstra and Bart de Boer and Kenny Smith, editors, Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on the Evolution of Language, pages 26--33. World Scientific.
[31]	(15)	Chater, N. and Christiansen, M. H. (2010) Language Acquisition Meets Language Evolution. Cognitive Science, 34(7):1131--1157.
2009
[30]		Christiansen, M. H., Chater, N., Griffiths, T. L., and Kirby, S. (2009) Cultural Evolution of Language: Implications for Cognitive Science. In Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society.
[29]	(4)	Christiansen, M. H., Chater, N., and Reali, F. (2009) The biological and cultural foundations of language. Communicative \& Integrative Biology, 2(3):221--222.
[28]		Christiansen, M. H., Collins, C., and Edelman, S. (2009) Language Universals: A Collaborative Project for the Language Sciences. In M.H. Christiansen and C. Collins and S. Edelman, editors, Language Universals, pages 3--17. Oxford University Press.
[27]	(58)	Christiansen, M. H. and Kirby, S. (2009) Language Evolution. In Larry R. Squire, editor, Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, pages 321 -- 327. Oxford: Academic Press.
[26]	(6)	Beckner, C., Blythe, R., Bybee, J., Christiansen, M. H., Croft, W., Ellis, N. C., Holland, J., Ke, J., Larsen-Freeman, D., and Schoenemann, T. (2009) Language Is a Complex Adaptive System: Position Paper. Language Learning, 59(s1):1--26.
[25]	(4)	Christiansen, M. H. and MacDonald, M. C. (2009) A Usage-Based Approach to Recursion in Sentence Processing. Language Learning, 59(s1):126--161.
[24]	(5)	Hruschka, D. J., Christiansen, M. H., Blythe, R. A., Croft, W., Heggarty, P., Mufwene, S. S., Pierrehumbert, J. B., and Poplack, S. (2009) Building social cognitive models of language change. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 13(11):464--469.
[23]		Jaeger, H., Baronchelli, A., Briscoe, E., Christiansen, M. H., Griffiths, T. L., Jaeger, G., Kirby, S., Komarova, N. L., Richerson, P. J., Steels, L., and Triesch, J. (2009) What can mathematical, computational and robotic models tell us about the origins of syntax? In Derek Bickerton and Eors Szathmary, editors, Biological Foundations and Origin of Syntax. MIT Press.
[22]	(7)	Reali, F. and Christiansen, M. H. (2009) Sequential learning and the interaction between biological and linguistic adaptation in language evolution. Interaction Studies, 10(1):5--30.
[21]		Reali, F. and Christiansen, M. H. (2009) On the Necessity of an Interdisciplinary Approach to Language Universals. In M.H. Christiansen and C. Collins and S. Edelman, editors, Language Universals, pages 266--296. Oxford University Press.
2008
[20]	(69)	Christiansen, M. H. and Chater, N. (2008) Language as shaped by the brain. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 31(5):489--509.
[19]		Christiansen, M. H. and Chater, N. (2008) Brains, genes, and language evolution: A new synthesis. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 31(5):537--558.
2007
[18]		Reali, F. and Christiansen, M. H. (2007) Processing of relative clauses is made easier by frequency of occurrence. Journal of Memory and Language, 57(1):1--23.
2006
[17]		Christiansen, M. H., Reali, F., and Chater, N. (2006) The Baldwin effect works for functional, but not arbitrary, features of language. In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on the Evolution of Language, pages 27--34.
[16]		Sternberg, D. A. and Christiansen, M. H. (2006) The implications of bilingualism and multilingualism on potential evolved language mechanisms. In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on the Evolution of Language, pages 333--340.
2005
[15]		Christiansen, M. H., Conway, C. M., and Curtin, S. (2005) Multiple-cue integration in language acquisition: A connectionist model of speech segmentation and rule-like behavior. In James W. Minett and William S.-Y. Wang, editors, Language Acquisition, Change and Emergence: Essays in Evolutionary Linguistics. City University of Hong Kong Press.
2004
[14]		Christiansen, M. H. and Dale, R. (2004) The Role of Learning and Development in Language Evolution: A Connectionist Perspective. In D. Kimbrough Oller and Ulrike Griebel, editors, Evolution of Communication Systems: A Comparative Approach, pages 91--109. Cambridge MA: MIT Press.
2003
[13]		Christiansen, M. H. and Dale, R. (2003) Language evolution and change. In M.A. Arbib, editor, Handbook of brain theory and neural networks (2nd ed.), pages 604--606. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
[12]	(24)	Christiansen, M. H. and Kirby, S. (2003) Language Evolution: The Hardest Problem in Science? In M.H. Christiansen and S. Kirby, editors, Language Evolution: The States of the Art. Oxford University Press.
[11]	(58)	Christiansen, M. H. and Kirby, S. (2003) Language Evolution: The States of the Art. Oxford University Press.
[10]	(43)	Christiansen, M. H. and Kirby, S. (2003) Language Evolution: Consensus and Controversies. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 7(7):300--307.
[9]	(5)	Kirby, S. and Christiansen, M. H. (2003) From language learning to language evolution. In M.H. Christiansen and S. Kirby, editors, Language Evolution: The States of the Art. Oxford University Press.
2002
[8]	(7)	Christiansen, M. H., Dale, R., Ellefson, M. R., and Conway, C. M. (2002) The role of sequential learning in language evolution: Computational and experimental studies. In Angelo Cangelosi and Domenico Parisi, editors, Simulating the Evolution of Language, pages 165--188. London: Springer Verlag.
[7]	(8)	Christiansen, M. H. and Ellefson, M. R. (2002) Linguistic Adaptation Without Linguistic Constraints: The Role of Sequential Learning in Language Evolution. In Alison Wray, editor, The Transition to Language. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
[6]		Christiansen, M. H. (2002) Language evolution and change. In M.A. Arbib, editor, Handbook of Brain Theory and Neural Networks (2nd Edition). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
2001
[5]	(13)	Conway, C. M. and Christiansen, M. H. (2001) Sequential learning in non-human primates. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 5(12):539--546.
1999
[4]	(23)	Christiansen, M. H. and Chater, N. (1999) Toward a connectionist model of recursion in human linguistic performance. Cognitive Science, 23(2):157--205.
1997
[3]	(16)	Christiansen, M. H. and Devlin, J. T. (1997) Recursive inconsistencies are hard to learn: A connectionist perspective on universal word order correlations. In Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, pages 113--118. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
1994
[2]	(29)	Christiansen, M. H. (1994) Infinite Languages, Finite Minds: Connectionism, Learning and Linguistic Structure. PhD thesis, University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
[1]	(6)	Christiansen, M. H. and Chater, N. (1994) Generalization and connectionist language learning. Mind and Language, 9:273--287.


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