A summary of recent work in language production is presented, focusing on the "Third International Workshop on Language Production" (Chicago, USA, August 2006). The articles included in this special issue focus on three overlapping themes: language production in dialogue (Arnold; Costa, Pickering, & Sorace); multilingual language production (Costa et al.; Abutalebi & Green); and control processes in production (Abutalebi & Green; Dell, Oppenheim, & Kittredge). Points of convergence and divergence between these contributions are discussed.