Evolutionary linguistics/Bibliography
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Books
- Christiansen MH, Kirby S. (editors/authors) (2003) Language evolution. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0199244847. | 21 authors, 17 chapters, 395 pages. | Google Books preview.
- From free full-text review of book in PLoS Biology: "Linguists, cognitive scientists, behavioural ecologists, and theoretical biologists all offer their view on the origin of human language and, refreshingly, do not shy from pointing out the real or assumed weaknesses of the other approaches."
Chapters in books
Articles in journals
- Toni, I.; F.P. De Lange & M.L. Noordzij et al. (2008), "Language beyond action", Journal of Physiology-Paris 102: 71-79, DOI:10.1016/j.jphysparis.2008.03.005 [e]
"Without denying the enormous importance of the discovery of mirror neurons, we highlight the limits of their explanatory power for understanding language and communication."