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2012

[94] (2) Steels, L. (2012) Experiments in Cultural Language Evolution. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

2011

[93] Gibson, K. R. and Tallerman, M. (2011) The Oxford Handbook of Language Evolution. Oxford University Press.

2010

[92] Carstairs-McCarthy, A. (2010) The Evolution of Morphology. Oxford University Press.

[91] (15) Fitch, W. T. (2010) The Evolution of Language. Cambridge University Press.

[90] (7) Nolfi, S. and Mirolli, M. (2010) Evolution of communication and language in embodied agents. Springer.

2009

[89] (10) Gong, T. (2009) Computational simulation in evolutionary linguistics: A study on language emergence. Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.

2008

[88] (3) MacNeilage, P. (2008) The Origin of Speech. Oxford University Press.

[87] Laks, B. (2008) Origin and Evolution of Languages Approaches, Models, Paradigms. Equinox Publishing.

[86] (6) Mufwene, S. S. (2008) Language Evolution: Contact, Competition and Change. Continuum International Publishing Group.

[85] Smith, A. D. M., Smith, K., and Ferrer-i-Cancho, R. (2008) The Evolution of Language: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on the Evolution of Language. Singapore: World Scientific.

[84] (33) Tomasello, M. (2008) The Origins of Human Communication. MIT Press.

2007

[83] (17) Hurford, J. (2007) The Origins of Meaning: Language in the Light of Evolution. Oxford University Press.

[82] (13) Dessalles, J-L. and Grieve, J. (2007) Why We Talk: The Evolutionary Origins of Language. Oxford University Press.

[81] (1) Kenneally, C. (2007) The First Word: The Search for the Origins of Language. Viking.

[80] (5) Lyon, C., Nehaniv, C. L., and Cangelosi, A. (2007) Emergence of Communication and Language. Springer.

[79] Heine, B. and Kuteva, T. (2007) The Genesis of Grammar: A Reconstruction. Oxford University Press.

2006

[78] (40) Niyogi, P. (2006) The Computational Nature of Language Learning and Evolution. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

[77] (2) Arbib, M. A. (2006) Action to Language via the Mirror Neuron System. Cambridge University Press.

[76] Cangelosi, A., Smith, A. D. M., and Smith, K. (2006) The Evolution of Language: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on the Evolution of Language. Singapore: World Scientific.

[75] Gontier, N., van Bendegem, J. P., and Aerts, D. (2006) Evolutionary Epistemology, Language and Culture - A non-adaptationist, systems theoretical approach. Dordrecht: Springer.

[74] (7) Lieberman, P. (2006) Toward an evolutionary biology of language. Harvard University Press: Cambridge, MA.

[73] (10) Nowak, M. A. (2006) Evolutionary Dynamics: Exploring the Equations of Life. Harvard University Press.

[72] (22) Oudeyer, P-Y. (2006) Self-Organization in the Evolution of Speech. Oxford University Press.

[71] Vogt, P., Sugita, Y., Tuci, E., and Nehaniv, C. (2006) Symbol Grounding and Beyond: Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on the Emergence and Evolution of Linguistic Communication. Springer. Berlin/Heidelberg.

2005

[70] (25) Burling, R. (2005) The Talking Ape: How Language Evolved. Oxford University Press.

[69] (15) Johansson, S. (2005) Origins of Language: Constraints on hypotheses. John Benjamins.

[68] (10) Minett, J. W. and Wang, W. S-Y. (2005) Language Acquisition, Change and Emergence: Essays in Evolutionary Linguistics. City University of Hong Kong Press.

[67] (35) Mithen, S. (2005) The Singing Neanderthals: The Origins of Music, Language, Mind and Body. Weidenfeld \& Nicolson.

[66] (12) Tallerman, M. (2005) Language Origins: Perspectives on Evolution. Oxford University Press.

2004

[65] (2) Jenkins, L. (2004) Variation and universals in biolinguistics. Elsevier.

[64] (9) Oller, D. K. and Griebel, U. (2004) Evolution of Communication Systems: A Comparative Approach. MIT Press.

2003

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

[62] (110) Tomasello, M. (2003) Constructing a Language: A Usage-Based Theory of Language Acquisition. Harvard University Press.

[61] (24) Yang, C. D. (2003) Knowledge and Learning in Natural Language. Oxford University Press.

2002

[60] (2) Bichakjian, B. H. (2002) Language in a Darwinian Perspective. Frankfurt: Peter Lang.

[59] (26) Briscoe, E. J. (2002) Linguistic Evolution through Language Acquisition: Formal and Computational Models. Cambridge University Press.

[58] (127) Cangelosi, A. and Parisi, D. (2002) Simulating the evolution of language. Springer-Verlag.

[57] (57) Corballis, M. C. (2002) From Hand to Mouth: The Origins of Language. Princeton University Press.

[56] (119) Jackendoff, R. (2002) Foundations of Language: Brain, Meaning, Grammar, Evolution. Oxford University Press.

[55] (27) Wray, A. (2002) The Transition to Language. Oxford University Press.

2001

[54] Allott, R. (2001) The Natural Origin of Language.

[53] (12) Bybee, J. L. and Hopper, P. (2001) Frequency and the Emergence of Language Structure. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

[52] (40) Mufwene, S. S. (2001) The Ecology of Language Evolution. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

[51] (68) de Boer, B. (2001) The Origins of Vowel Systems. Oxford University Press.

2000

[50] Arita, T. (2000) Artificial Life: A Constructive Approach to the Origin/Evolution of Life, Society, and Language.

[49] (21) Aitchison, J. (2000) The Seeds of Speech: Language Origin and Evolution. Cambridge Univ Press.

[48] (60) Bloom, P. (2000) How Children Learn the Meanings of Words. MIT Press.

[47] Calvin, W. H. and Bickerton, D. (2000) Lingua ex Machina. MIT Press.

[46] (96) Croft, W. (2000) Explaining Language Change: An Evolutionary Approach. London: Longman.

[45] (50) Knight, C., Hurford, J., and Studdert-Kennedy, M. (2000) The Evolutionary Emergence of Language: Social Function and the Origins of Linguistic Form. Cambridge University Press.

[44] (22) Lieberman, P. (2000) Human language and our reptilian brain: The subcortical bases of speech, syntax, and thought. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

[43] Rubinstein, A. (2000) Economics and Language. Cambridge University Press.

1999

[42] (36) Carstairs-McCarthy, A. (1999) The Origins of Complex Language: An Inquiry into the Evolutionary Beginnings of Sentences, Syllables, and Truth. Oxford University Press.

[41] Kirby, S. (1999) Function, Selection and Innateness: the Emergence of Language Universals. Oxford University Press.

[40] (4) Langacker, R. W. (1999) Grammar and Conceptualization. Walter De Gruyter.

[39] (59) Lightfoot, D. (1999) The development of language: Acquisition, change and evolution. Blackwell: Oxford.

[38] (4) Lock, A. and Peters, C. R. (1999) Handbook of Human Symbolic Evolution. Blackwell Publishers.

[37] MacWhinney, B. (1999) Emergence of Language. Lawrence Earlbaum Associates.

[36] (8) Maynard-Smith, J. and Szathmary, E. (1999) The origins of life: From the Birth of Life to the Origin of Language. Oxford University Press.

[35] (48) Nettle, D. (1999) Linguistic Diversity. Oxford University Press.

[34] (25) Pinker, S. (1999) Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language. New York: Basic Books.

[33] (101) Tomasello, M. (1999) The Cultural Origins of Human Cognition. Harvard University Press.

1998

[32] (16) Lieberman, P. (1998) Eve Spoke: Human Language and Human Evolution. University of California Press.

[31] (73) Hurford, J., Studdert-Kennedy, M., and Knight, C. (1998) Approaches to the Evolution of Language: Social and Cognitive Bases. Cambridge University Press.

[30] (87) Dunbar, R. (1998) Grooming, Gossip, and the Evolution of Language. Harvard Univ Press.

1997

[29] (207) Deacon, T. W. (1997) The Symbolic Species: The Co-evolution of Language and the Brain. W.W. Norton.

[28] (134) Hauser, M. D. (1997) The Evolution of Communication. MIT Press/BradfordBooks.

[27] (77) Maynard-Smith, J. and Szathmary, E. (1997) The Major Transitions in Evolution. New York: Oxford University Press.

1996

[26] (4) Beaken, M. (1996) The Making of Language. Edinburgh University Press.

1995

[25] (64) Goldberg, A. E. (1995) Constructions: A construction grammar approach to argument structure. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

1994

[24] (29) Bybee, J. L., Perkins, R., and Pagliuca, W. (1994) The evolution of grammar: tense, aspect and modality in the language of the world. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

[23] (29) Keller, R. (1994) On language change: The invisible hand in language. Routledge, London.

[22] (170) Pinker, S. (1994) The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language. New York: HarperCollins.

[21] (19) Ruhlen, M. (1994) The Origin of Language: Tracing the Evolution of the Mother Tongue. Wiley.

[20] (10) Steels, L. and Brooks, R. (1994) The artificial life route to artificial intelligence: Building Embodied, Situated Agents. New Haven: Lawrence Erlbaum Ass.

1993

[19] (30) Clark, E. (1993) The Lexicon in Acquisition. Cambridge University Press.

[18] (1) Ristad, E. S. (1993) The Language Complexity Game. MIT Press.

1992

[17] (20) Hawkins, J. A. and Gell-Mann, M. (1992) The Evolution of Human Languages. Addison-Wesley.

1991

[16] (39) Lightfoot, D. (1991) How to Set Parameters: Arguments from Language Change. MIT Press/Bradford Books.

1990

[15] (169) Bickerton, D. (1990) Language and Species. University of Chicago Press.

[14] (100) Cheney, D. L. and Seyfarth, R. M. (1990) How monkeys see the world: Inside the mind of another species. Chicago,University of Chicago Press.

[13] (29) Lieberman, P. (1990) Uniquely Human: The evolution of speech, thought and selfless behavior. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

1989

[12] (33) Pinker, S. (1989) Learnability and Cognition: The acquisition of Argument Structure. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press.

1988

[11] (4) Bichakjian, B. H. (1988) Evolution in Language. Ann Arbor, MI: Karoma.

1987

[10] (4) Allott, R. (1987) The Motor Theory of Language Origin. Lewes: Book Guild.

[9] (29) Hurford, J. (1987) Language and Number: the emergence of a cognitive system. Oxford: Basil Blackwell.

[8] Langacker, R. W. (1987) Foundations of cognitive grammar: Theoretical Prerequisites. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.

1985

[7] (29) Bybee, J. L. (1985) Morphology: A study of the relation between meaning and form. Philadelphia: Benjamins.

1984

[6] (79) Lieberman, P. (1984) The Biology and Evolution of Language. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

[5] (35) Pinker, S. (1984) Language Learnability and Language Development. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

1981

[4] (46) Bickerton, D. (1981) Roots of language. Ann Arbor, MI: Karoma.

[3] (78) Cavalli-Sforza, L. L. and Feldman, M. W. (1981) Cultural Transmission and Evolution: A quantitative approach. Princeton University Press.

1976

[2] (10) Harnad, S., Steklis, H. D., and Lancaster, J. (1976) Origins and Evolution of Language and Speech. New York Academy of Sciences.

1975

[1] (15) Lieberman, P. (1975) On the Origins of Language: An Introduction to the Evolution of Human Speech. New York: Macmillan.

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2012
[94]	(2)	Steels, L. (2012) Experiments in Cultural Language Evolution. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
2011
[93]		Gibson, K. R. and Tallerman, M. (2011) The Oxford Handbook of Language Evolution. Oxford University Press.
2010
[92]		Carstairs-McCarthy, A. (2010) The Evolution of Morphology. Oxford University Press.
[91]	(15)	Fitch, W. T. (2010) The Evolution of Language. Cambridge University Press.
[90]	(7)	Nolfi, S. and Mirolli, M. (2010) Evolution of communication and language in embodied agents. Springer.
2009
[89]	(10)	Gong, T. (2009) Computational simulation in evolutionary linguistics: A study on language emergence. Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
2008
[88]	(3)	MacNeilage, P. (2008) The Origin of Speech. Oxford University Press.
[87]		Laks, B. (2008) Origin and Evolution of Languages Approaches, Models, Paradigms. Equinox Publishing.
[86]	(6)	Mufwene, S. S. (2008) Language Evolution: Contact, Competition and Change. Continuum International Publishing Group.
[85]		Smith, A. D. M., Smith, K., and Ferrer-i-Cancho, R. (2008) The Evolution of Language: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on the Evolution of Language. Singapore: World Scientific.
[84]	(33)	Tomasello, M. (2008) The Origins of Human Communication. MIT Press.
2007
[83]	(17)	Hurford, J. (2007) The Origins of Meaning: Language in the Light of Evolution. Oxford University Press.
[82]	(13)	Dessalles, J-L. and Grieve, J. (2007) Why We Talk: The Evolutionary Origins of Language. Oxford University Press.
[81]	(1)	Kenneally, C. (2007) The First Word: The Search for the Origins of Language. Viking.
[80]	(5)	Lyon, C., Nehaniv, C. L., and Cangelosi, A. (2007) Emergence of Communication and Language. Springer.
[79]		Heine, B. and Kuteva, T. (2007) The Genesis of Grammar: A Reconstruction. Oxford University Press.
2006
[78]	(40)	Niyogi, P. (2006) The Computational Nature of Language Learning and Evolution. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
[77]	(2)	Arbib, M. A. (2006) Action to Language via the Mirror Neuron System. Cambridge University Press.
[76]		Cangelosi, A., Smith, A. D. M., and Smith, K. (2006) The Evolution of Language: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on the Evolution of Language. Singapore: World Scientific.
[75]		Gontier, N., van Bendegem, J. P., and Aerts, D. (2006) Evolutionary Epistemology, Language and Culture - A non-adaptationist, systems theoretical approach. Dordrecht: Springer.
[74]	(7)	Lieberman, P. (2006) Toward an evolutionary biology of language. Harvard University Press: Cambridge, MA.
[73]	(10)	Nowak, M. A. (2006) Evolutionary Dynamics: Exploring the Equations of Life. Harvard University Press.
[72]	(22)	Oudeyer, P-Y. (2006) Self-Organization in the Evolution of Speech. Oxford University Press.
[71]		Vogt, P., Sugita, Y., Tuci, E., and Nehaniv, C. (2006) Symbol Grounding and Beyond: Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on the Emergence and Evolution of Linguistic Communication. Springer. Berlin/Heidelberg.
2005
[70]	(25)	Burling, R. (2005) The Talking Ape: How Language Evolved. Oxford University Press.
[69]	(15)	Johansson, S. (2005) Origins of Language: Constraints on hypotheses. John Benjamins.
[68]	(10)	Minett, J. W. and Wang, W. S-Y. (2005) Language Acquisition, Change and Emergence: Essays in Evolutionary Linguistics. City University of Hong Kong Press.
[67]	(35)	Mithen, S. (2005) The Singing Neanderthals: The Origins of Music, Language, Mind and Body. Weidenfeld \& Nicolson.
[66]	(12)	Tallerman, M. (2005) Language Origins: Perspectives on Evolution. Oxford University Press.
2004
[65]	(2)	Jenkins, L. (2004) Variation and universals in biolinguistics. Elsevier.
[64]	(9)	Oller, D. K. and Griebel, U. (2004) Evolution of Communication Systems: A Comparative Approach. MIT Press.
2003
[63]	(58)	Christiansen, M. H. and Kirby, S. (2003) Language Evolution: The States of the Art. Oxford University Press.
[62]	(110)	Tomasello, M. (2003) Constructing a Language: A Usage-Based Theory of Language Acquisition. Harvard University Press.
[61]	(24)	Yang, C. D. (2003) Knowledge and Learning in Natural Language. Oxford University Press.
2002
[60]	(2)	Bichakjian, B. H. (2002) Language in a Darwinian Perspective. Frankfurt: Peter Lang.
[59]	(26)	Briscoe, E. J. (2002) Linguistic Evolution through Language Acquisition: Formal and Computational Models. Cambridge University Press.
[58]	(127)	Cangelosi, A. and Parisi, D. (2002) Simulating the evolution of language. Springer-Verlag.
[57]	(57)	Corballis, M. C. (2002) From Hand to Mouth: The Origins of Language. Princeton University Press.
[56]	(119)	Jackendoff, R. (2002) Foundations of Language: Brain, Meaning, Grammar, Evolution. Oxford University Press.
[55]	(27)	Wray, A. (2002) The Transition to Language. Oxford University Press.
2001
[54]		Allott, R. (2001) The Natural Origin of Language.
[53]	(12)	Bybee, J. L. and Hopper, P. (2001) Frequency and the Emergence of Language Structure. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
[52]	(40)	Mufwene, S. S. (2001) The Ecology of Language Evolution. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
[51]	(68)	de Boer, B. (2001) The Origins of Vowel Systems. Oxford University Press.
2000
[50]		Arita, T. (2000) Artificial Life: A Constructive Approach to the Origin/Evolution of Life, Society, and Language.
[49]	(21)	Aitchison, J. (2000) The Seeds of Speech: Language Origin and Evolution. Cambridge Univ Press.
[48]	(60)	Bloom, P. (2000) How Children Learn the Meanings of Words. MIT Press.
[47]		Calvin, W. H. and Bickerton, D. (2000) Lingua ex Machina. MIT Press.
[46]	(96)	Croft, W. (2000) Explaining Language Change: An Evolutionary Approach. London: Longman.
[45]	(50)	Knight, C., Hurford, J., and Studdert-Kennedy, M. (2000) The Evolutionary Emergence of Language: Social Function and the Origins of Linguistic Form. Cambridge University Press.
[44]	(22)	Lieberman, P. (2000) Human language and our reptilian brain: The subcortical bases of speech, syntax, and thought. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
[43]		Rubinstein, A. (2000) Economics and Language. Cambridge University Press.
1999
[42]	(36)	Carstairs-McCarthy, A. (1999) The Origins of Complex Language: An Inquiry into the Evolutionary Beginnings of Sentences, Syllables, and Truth. Oxford University Press.
[41]		Kirby, S. (1999) Function, Selection and Innateness: the Emergence of Language Universals. Oxford University Press.
[40]	(4)	Langacker, R. W. (1999) Grammar and Conceptualization. Walter De Gruyter.
[39]	(59)	Lightfoot, D. (1999) The development of language: Acquisition, change and evolution. Blackwell: Oxford.
[38]	(4)	Lock, A. and Peters, C. R. (1999) Handbook of Human Symbolic Evolution. Blackwell Publishers.
[37]		MacWhinney, B. (1999) Emergence of Language. Lawrence Earlbaum Associates.
[36]	(8)	Maynard-Smith, J. and Szathmary, E. (1999) The origins of life: From the Birth of Life to the Origin of Language. Oxford University Press.
[35]	(48)	Nettle, D. (1999) Linguistic Diversity. Oxford University Press.
[34]	(25)	Pinker, S. (1999) Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language. New York: Basic Books.
[33]	(101)	Tomasello, M. (1999) The Cultural Origins of Human Cognition. Harvard University Press.
1998
[32]	(16)	Lieberman, P. (1998) Eve Spoke: Human Language and Human Evolution. University of California Press.
[31]	(73)	Hurford, J., Studdert-Kennedy, M., and Knight, C. (1998) Approaches to the Evolution of Language: Social and Cognitive Bases. Cambridge University Press.
[30]	(87)	Dunbar, R. (1998) Grooming, Gossip, and the Evolution of Language. Harvard Univ Press.
1997
[29]	(207)	Deacon, T. W. (1997) The Symbolic Species: The Co-evolution of Language and the Brain. W.W. Norton.
[28]	(134)	Hauser, M. D. (1997) The Evolution of Communication. MIT Press/BradfordBooks.
[27]	(77)	Maynard-Smith, J. and Szathmary, E. (1997) The Major Transitions in Evolution. New York: Oxford University Press.
1996
[26]	(4)	Beaken, M. (1996) The Making of Language. Edinburgh University Press.
1995
[25]	(64)	Goldberg, A. E. (1995) Constructions: A construction grammar approach to argument structure. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
1994
[24]	(29)	Bybee, J. L., Perkins, R., and Pagliuca, W. (1994) The evolution of grammar: tense, aspect and modality in the language of the world. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
[23]	(29)	Keller, R. (1994) On language change: The invisible hand in language. Routledge, London.
[22]	(170)	Pinker, S. (1994) The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language. New York: HarperCollins.
[21]	(19)	Ruhlen, M. (1994) The Origin of Language: Tracing the Evolution of the Mother Tongue. Wiley.
[20]	(10)	Steels, L. and Brooks, R. (1994) The artificial life route to artificial intelligence: Building Embodied, Situated Agents. New Haven: Lawrence Erlbaum Ass.
1993
[19]	(30)	Clark, E. (1993) The Lexicon in Acquisition. Cambridge University Press.
[18]	(1)	Ristad, E. S. (1993) The Language Complexity Game. MIT Press.
1992
[17]	(20)	Hawkins, J. A. and Gell-Mann, M. (1992) The Evolution of Human Languages. Addison-Wesley.
1991
[16]	(39)	Lightfoot, D. (1991) How to Set Parameters: Arguments from Language Change. MIT Press/Bradford Books.
1990
[15]	(169)	Bickerton, D. (1990) Language and Species. University of Chicago Press.
[14]	(100)	Cheney, D. L. and Seyfarth, R. M. (1990) How monkeys see the world: Inside the mind of another species. Chicago,University of Chicago Press.
[13]	(29)	Lieberman, P. (1990) Uniquely Human: The evolution of speech, thought and selfless behavior. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
1989
[12]	(33)	Pinker, S. (1989) Learnability and Cognition: The acquisition of Argument Structure. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press.
1988
[11]	(4)	Bichakjian, B. H. (1988) Evolution in Language. Ann Arbor, MI: Karoma.
1987
[10]	(4)	Allott, R. (1987) The Motor Theory of Language Origin. Lewes: Book Guild.
[9]	(29)	Hurford, J. (1987) Language and Number: the emergence of a cognitive system. Oxford: Basil Blackwell.
[8]		Langacker, R. W. (1987) Foundations of cognitive grammar: Theoretical Prerequisites. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
1985
[7]	(29)	Bybee, J. L. (1985) Morphology: A study of the relation between meaning and form. Philadelphia: Benjamins.
1984
[6]	(79)	Lieberman, P. (1984) The Biology and Evolution of Language. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
[5]	(35)	Pinker, S. (1984) Language Learnability and Language Development. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
1981
[4]	(46)	Bickerton, D. (1981) Roots of language. Ann Arbor, MI: Karoma.
[3]	(78)	Cavalli-Sforza, L. L. and Feldman, M. W. (1981) Cultural Transmission and Evolution: A quantitative approach. Princeton University Press.
1976
[2]	(10)	Harnad, S., Steklis, H. D., and Lancaster, J. (1976) Origins and Evolution of Language and Speech. New York Academy of Sciences.
1975
[1]	(15)	Lieberman, P. (1975) On the Origins of Language: An Introduction to the Evolution of Human Speech. New York: Macmillan.


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