7. Semantics of Australian Languages

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. Preface ix
5. List of Contributors xi
6. Maps xiii
7. Part I. Traditional Indigenous languages of Australia
8. 1. The languages of Australia in linguistic research: context and issues 3
9. 2. Historical relations among the Australian languages: genetic classification and contact-based diffusion 23
10. 3. Sound patterns of Australian Languages 91
11. 4. Word Structure in Australian languages 139
12. 5. Constituency and Grammatical Relations in Australian languages 215
13. 6. Complex Predicates in Australian languages 263
14. 7. Semantics of Australian Languages 295
15. 8 Indigenous language maintenance and revitalisation 329
16. Part II. Post-contact language varieties
17. 9 Language Contact Varieties 365
18. 10. Aboriginal English 417
19. 11. Australian English 449
20. Index of languages 485
21. Index of names 491
22. Index of subjects 496