Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Introduction 1
4. Section I: The biolinguistic enterprise
5. Chapter 1 A short history of biolinguistics 19
6. Chapter 2 Biolinguistics in the context of linguistics 45
7. Section II: The quest for interdisciplinarity and the challenges of technification
8. Chapter 3 The naturalistic tradition of biolinguistics and the study of child phonology 91
9. Chapter 4 Psycholinguistics and biolinguistics 119
10. Chapter 5 New techniques in neurolinguistics 159
11. Chapter 6 The biological basis of language: insights from genetic studies of developmental language disorders 177
12. Section III: Theorizing biolinguistics
13. Chapter 7 The nature of language and the structure of reality 207
14. Chapter 8 Biolinguistics and human language evolution: On symbolism, language, and language evolution 237
15. Section IV: Going practical: The applicability of biolinguistics findings
16. Chapter 9 Language disorders through the lens of biolinguistics 279
17. Chapter 10 Approaching language and aging from a biolinguistic perspective 307
18. Chapter 11 Biolinguistics and its impact on language teaching: Achievements and prospects 331
19. Chapter 12 Biocultural evolution and human language diversity 359
20. Index 381