Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Contents IX
4. List of Figures XV
5. List of maps XVII
6. List of Tables XIX
7. Abbreviations and Conventions XXI
8. Chapter 1. Introduction 1
9. Chapter 2. The Gooniyandi verb classifier system 41
10. Chapter 3. CVC-based verb category systems 101
11. Chapter 4. Comparison of verb category systems 149
12. Chapter 5. Verb class systems: conjugations 207
13. Chapter 6. The grammar of verb superclassifying constructions 245
14. Chapter 7. Related grammatical phenomena 283
15. Chapter 8. Evolution of verb classification in Australia 323
16. Chapter 9. Verb classification in discourse: a preliminary investigation 363
17. Chapter 10. Conclusions 391
18. Appendix 1. Basic information on Australian languages mentioned in this book 413
19. Appendix 2 Australian phonologies and orthographies 435
20. Notes 441
21. References 473
22. Author index 507
23. Language index 513
24. Subject index 517