Abstract

1. Preface 2. What counts as evidence in linguistics?: An introduction (by Penke, Martina) 3. Typological evidence and Universal Grammar (by Newmeyer, Frederick J.) 4. Remarks on the relation between language typology and Universal Grammar: Commentary on Newmeyer (by Baltin, Mark) 5. Does linguistic explanation presuppose linguistic description? (by Haspelmath, Martin) 6. Remarks on description and explanation in grammar: Commentary on Haspelmath (by Aissen, Judith) 7. Author's response (by Haspelmath, Martin) 8. From UG to Universals: Linguistic adaptation through iterated learning (by Kirby, Simon) 9. Form, meaning and speakers in the evolution of language: Commentary on Kirby, Smith and Brighton (by Croft, William A.) 10. Author's response (by Kirby, Simon) 11. Why assume UG? (by Wunderlich, Dieter) 12. What kind of evidence could refute the UG hypothesis?: Commentary on Wunderlich (by Tomasello, Michael) 13. Author's response: Is there any evidence that refutes the UG hypothesis? (by Wunderlich, Dieter) 14. A question of relevance: Some remarks on standard languages (by Weiss, Helmut) 15. The Relevance of Variation: Remarks on Weiss's Standard-Dialect-Problem (by Simon, Horst J.) 16. Author's response (by Weiss, Helmut) 17. Universals, innateness and explanation in second language acquisition (by Eckman, Fred) 18. 'Internal' versus 'external' universals: Commentary on Eckman (by White, Lydia) 19. Author's response: 'External' universals and explanation in SLA (by Eckman, Fred) 20. What counts as evidence in historical linguistics? (by Fischer, Olga) 21. Abstraction and performance: Commentary on Fischer (by Lightfoot, David W.) 22. Author's response (by Fischer, Olga) 23. Index

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