What Counts as Evidence in Linguistics -- Editorial page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Preface -- What counts as evidence in linguistics? An introduction -- Typological evidence and Universal Grammar -- Remarks on the relation between language typology and Universal Grammar. Commentary on Newmeyer -- Does linguistic explanation presuppose linguistic description? -- Remarks on description and explanation in grammar. Commentary on Haspelmath -- Author's response -- From UG to Universals. Linguistic adaptation through iterated learning -- Form, meaning and speakers in the evolution of language. Commentary on Kirby, Smith and Brighton -- Authors' response -- Why assume UG? -- What kind of evidence could refute the UG hypothesis? Commentary onWunderlich -- Author's response. Is there any evidence that refutes the UG hypothesis? -- A question of relevance. Some remarks on standard languages -- The Relevance of Variation. Remarks on Weiß's Standard-Dialect-Problem -- Author's response -- Universals, innateness and explanation in second language acquisition -- 'Internal' versus 'external' universals. Commentary on Eckman -- Author's response. 'External' universals and explanation in SLA -- What counts as evidence in historical linguistics? -- Abstraction and performance. Commentary on Fischer -- Author's response -- Subject index -- The series Benjamins Current Topics (BCT).