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Publication connected with these conferences

After past conferences, authors of papers presented at the conferences have been invited to submit written versions for possible publication in a volume of collected papers. After each conference so far, it has been possible to assemble a volume, published by a reputable academic publisher, consisting of about 20 chapters. These chapters were selected from a much larger number submitted. On average, about 40% of papers submitted after the conferences have been published in the emerging volumes. There is thus no guarantee that a paper presented at the conference will be published in an emerging volume. Selection of papers for the emerging volumes is based on their individual quality and how they fit into a coherent volume. Good papers have been rejected on the grounds that they did not fit into a coherent volume with other papers.

The volumes emerging from these conferences so far are:

From the 1996 Edinburgh conference:
(1998) Approaches to the Evolution of Language: social and cognitive bases, edited by James R Hurford, Michael Studdert-Kennedy and Chris Knight. Cambridge University Press.
From the 1998 London conference:
(2000) The Evolutionary Emergence of Language: Social function and the origins of linguistic form, edited by Chris Knight, Michael Studdert-Kennedy and James R Hurford. Cambridge University Press.
From the 2000 Paris conference:
(early 2002 projected) The Transition to Language, edited by Alison Wray. Oxford University Press.