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Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, University of Edinburgh

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Forthcoming
[40]    Hurford, J. (to appear) The Evolution of Language. In Paul Insel and Don Ross, editors, Discovering Biology. Prentice-Hall.
2007
[39]    Hurford, J. (2007) The Origin of Noun Phrases: Reference, Truth, and Communication. Lingua, 117(3):527--542.
[38] PDF  Hurford, J. (2007) A performed practice explains a linguistic universal: Counting gives the Packing Strategy. Lingua, 117(5):773--783.
2006
[37] PDF  Hurford, J. (2006) Proto-propositions. In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on the Evolution of Language, pages 131--138.
[36]    Hurford, J. (2006) Recent Developments in the Evolution of Language. Cognitive Systems, 7(1):23--32.
2005
[35] PDF  Hurford, J. (2005) Computer Modelling Widens the Focus of Language Study. In Tallerman, M., editor, Language Origins: Perspectives on Evolution. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2004
[34] PDF (3)Hurford, J. (2004) Language beyond Our Grasp: What Mirror Neurons Can, and Cannot, Do for the Evolution of Language. In D. Kimbrough Oller and Ulrike Griebel, editors, Evolution of Communication Systems: A Comparative Approach, pages 297--313. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
[33]   (1)Hurford, J. (2004) Linguistic Evolution: Cognitive Preadaptations. In Philipp Strazny, editor, Encyclopedia of Linguistics. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn.
[32]    Hurford, J. (2004) Human uniqueness, learned symbols and recursive thought. European Review, 12(4):551--565.
2003
[31] PDF (7)Hurford, J. (2003) The Neural Basis of Predicate-Argument Structure. Behavioral and Brain Sciences.
[30]   (5)Hurford, J. (2003) The Language Mosaic and its Evolution. In M.H. Christiansen and S. Kirby, editors, Language Evolution: The States of the Art. Oxford University Press.
[29] PDF (3)Hurford, J. (2003) Why Synonymy is Rare: Fitness is in the Speaker. In ECAL03, pages 442--451.
[28] PDF (6)Smith, K. and Hurford, J. (2003) Language Evolution in Populations: extending the Iterated Learning Model. In ECAL03, pages 507--516.
[27] PDF (2)Tullo, C. and Hurford, J. (2003) Modelling Zipfian Distributions in Language. In Simon Kirby, editor, Proceedings of Language Evolution and Computation Workshop/Course at ESSLLI, pages 62--75. Vienna.
2002
[26] PDF (4)Hurford, J. (2002) The Roles of Expression and Representation in Language Evolution. In Alison Wray, editor, The Transition to Language. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
[25] PDF (43)Kirby, S. and Hurford, J. (2002) The Emergence of Linguistic Structure: An overview of the Iterated Learning Model. In Angelo Cangelosi and Domenico Parisi, editors, Simulating the Evolution of Language, pages 121--148. London: Springer Verlag.
[24] PDF (27)Hurford, J. (2002) Expression/induction models of language evolution: dimensions and issues. In Ted Briscoe, editor, Linguistic Evolution through Language Acquisition: Formal and Computational Models. Cambridge University Press.
2001
[23] PDF (1)Hurford, J. (2001) Random Boolean Nets and Features of Language. IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, 5(2):111--116.
[22] PDF (4)Hurford, J. (2001) Protothought had no logical names. In Jürgen Trabant and Sean Ward, editors, New Essays on the Origins of Language, pages 117--130. Mouton, Berlin.
2000
[21] PDF (30)Hurford, J. (2000) Social transmission favours linguistic generalization. In Chris Knight and James R. Hurford and Michael Studdert-Kennedy, editors, The Evolutionary Emergence of Language: Social Function and the Origins of Linguistic Form, pages 324--352. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
[20] PDF (4)Hurford, J. (2000) The Emergence of Syntax. In Chris Knight and James R. Hurford and Michael Studdert-Kennedy, editors, The Evolutionary Emergence of Language: Social Function and the Origins of Linguistic Form, pages 219--230. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
[19]   (26)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.
1999
[18] PDF (4)Hurford, J. (1999) Functional Innateness: explaining the critical period for language acquisition. In Michael Darnell and Edith Moravscik and Frederick Newmeyer and Michael Noonan and Kathleen Wheatley, editors, Functionalism and Formalism in Linguistics, Volume II: Case Studies, pages 341--363. John Benjamins, Amsterdam.
[17] PDF (2)Hurford, J. (1999) Artificially growing a numeral system. In Jadranka Gvozdanovic, editor, Numeral Types and Changes Worldwide, pages 7--41.
[16] PDF (9)Hurford, J. (1999) The Evolution of Language and Languages. In Robin Dunbar and Chris Knight and Camilla Power, editors, The Evolution of Culture, pages 173--193. Edinburgh University Press.
[15] PDF (6)Hurford, J. (1999) Language Learning from Fragmentary Input. In Proceedings of the AISB'99 Symposium on Imitation in Animals and Artifacts, pages 121--129.
[14] PDF (6)Hurford, J. and Kirby, S. (1999) Co-Evolution of Language Size and the Critical Period. In David Birdsong, editor, Second Language Acquisition and the Critical Period Hypothesis, pages 39--63. Lawrence Erlbaum.
1998
[13]   (2)Hurford, J. (1998) Introduction: The emergence of syntax. In Hurford, J. R. and Studdert-Kennedy, M. and Knight C., editors, Approaches to the Evolution of Language: Social and Cognitive Bases. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
[12]   (50)Hurford, J., Studdert-Kennedy, M., and Knight, C. (1998) Approaches to the Evolution of Language: Social and Cognitive Bases. Cambridge University Press.
[11] PDF (4)Hurford, J. (1998) Review of ``The Symbolic Species: The co-evolution of language and the human brain'', by Terrence Deacon, 1997. The Times Literary Supplement, pages 34.
1997
[10]    Hurford, J., Joseph, S., Kirby, S., and Reid, A. (1997) Evolution might select constructivism. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 20:567--568.
[9] PDF (47)Kirby, S. and Hurford, J. (1997) Learning, culture and evolution in the origin of linguistic constraints. In P. Husbands and I. Harvey, editors, ECAL97, pages 493--502. MIT Press.
[8] PDF (8)Kirby, S. and Hurford, J. (1997) The evolution of incremental learning: language, development and critical periods. Technical report, Language Evolution and Computation Research Unit, University of Edinburgh.
1995
[7]   (1)Kirby, S. and Hurford, J. (1995) Neural preconditions for proto-language. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 18(1):193--194.
1992
[6]   (1)Hurford, J. (1992) An Approach to the Phylogeny of the Language Faculty. In Hawkins, John A. and Murray Gell-Mann, editors, The Evolution of Human Languages, pages 273--303. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.
1991
[5]   (28)Hurford, J. (1991) The Evolution of the Critical Period for Language Acquisition. Cognition, 40(3):159--201.
1990
[4]    Hurford, J. (1990) Beyond the Roadblock in Linguistic Evolution Studies. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 13(4):736--737.
[3]   (20)Hurford, J. (1990) Nativist and functional explanations in language acquisition. In I. M. Roca, editor, Logical Issues in Language Acquisition, pages 85--136. Foris, Dordrecht.
1989
[2] PDF (88)Hurford, J. (1989) Biological evolution of the Saussurean sign as a component of the language acquisition device. Lingua, 77(2):187--222.
1987
[1]   (23)Hurford, J. (1987) Language and Number: the emergence of a cognitive system. Oxford: Basil Blackwell.

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