New Guinea ‘Classificatory Verbs’ and Australian Noun Classification

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Map 1: Principal Languages viii
5. Map 2: Other Australian Languages ix
6. Map 3: Mayali and Its Dialects x
7. Introduction 1
8. Nominal Classification and Gender in Aboriginal Australia 17
9. New Guinea ‘Classificatory Verbs’ and Australian Noun Classification 63
10. Head Classes and Agreement Classes in the Mayali Dialect Chain 105
11. Head and Agreement Classes 147
12. Class and Classifier in Ngan'gityemerri 165
13. Nominal Classification in Marrithiyel 229
14. Noun Classes, Nominal Classification and Generics in Murrinhpatha 255
15. Index of Languages 293
16. Index of Subjects 294
17. List of Contributors 295