CONTENTS
List of contributors = ⅶ
Acknowledgments = ⅸ
Introduction : new approaches to language evolution / Michael Studdert-Kennedy ; Chris Knight ; James R. Hurford = 1
Part Ⅰ Grounding language function in social cognition
1 Introduction : grounding language function in social cognition / Chris Knight = 9
2 On discontinuing the continuity-discontinuity debate / Jean Aitchison = 17
3 The origin of language and cognition / Ib Ulbaek = 30
4 Mimesis and the Executive Suite : missing links in language evolution / Merlin Donald = 44
5 Ritual／speech coevolution : a solution to the problem of deception / Chris Knight = 68
6 Theory of mind and the evolution of language / Robin Dunbar = 92
7 Old wives' tales : the gossip hypothesis and the reliability of cheap signals / Camilla Power = 111
8 Altruism, status and the origin of relevance / Jean-Louis Dessalles = 130
9 The evolution of language from social intelligence / Robert Worden = 148
Part Ⅱ The emergence of phonology
10 Introduction : the emergence of phonology / Michael Studdert-Kennedy = 169
11 Long-call structure in apes as a possible precursor for language / M a ´ ria Ujhelyi = 177
12 Social sound-making as a precursor to spoken language / John L. Locke = 190
13 The particulate origins of language generativity : from syllable to gesture / Michael Studdert-Kennedy = 202
14 Evolution of the mechanisms of language output : comparative neurobiology of vocal and manual communication / Peter F. MacNeilage = 222
15 Systemic constraints and adaptive change in the formation of sound structure / Bj o ·· rn Lindblom = 242
16 The development of sound systems in human language / Klaus J. Kohler = 265
17 Synonymy avoidance, phonology and the origin of syntax / Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy = 279
Part Ⅲ The emergence of syntax
18 Introduction : the emergence of syntax / James R. Hurford = 299
19 On the supposed 'counterfunctionality' of Universal Grammar : some evolutionary implications / Frederick J. Newmeyer = 305
20 Language evolution and the Minimalist Program : the origins of syntax / Robert C. Berwick = 320
21 Catastrophic evolution : the case for a single step from protolanguage to full human language / Derek Bickerton = 341
22 Fitness and the selective adaptation of language / Simon Kirby = 359
23 Synthesizing the origins of language and meaning using coevolution, self-organization and level formation / Luc Steels = 384
24 Computational simulations of the emergence of grammar / John Batali = 405
Index = 427
