Introduction / K. Smith, P.-M. Binder Neurobiology: Language By, In, Through and Across the Brain / Ralph-Axel Müller Dialogue: Interactive Alignment and Its Implications for Language Learning and Language Change / Simon Garrod, Martin J. Pickering Learning: Statistical Mechanisms in Language Acquisition / Elizabeth Wonnacott Evolution: Language Use and the Evolution of Languages / William Croft Transitions: The Evolution of Linguistic Replicators / Simon Kirby Genes: Interactions with Language on Three Levels--Inter-Individual Variation, Historical Correlations and Genetic Biasing / Dan Dediu Language in Nature: On the Evolutionary Roots of a Cultural Phenomenon / Willem Zuidema Self-Organization: Complex Dynamical Systems in the Evolution of Speech / Pierre-Yves Oudeyer Environment: Language Ecology and Language Death / Suzanne Romaine Conclusions / P.-M. Binder, K. Smith. |