Frontmatter -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- List of Contributors -- Maps -- Part I. Traditional Indigenous languages of Australia -- 1. The languages of Australia in linguistic research: context and issues / Koch, Harold / Nordlinger, Rachel -- 2. Historical relations among the Australian languages: genetic classification and contact-based diffusion / Koch, Harold -- 3. Sound patterns of Australian Languages / Fletcher, Janet -- 4. Word Structure in Australian languages / Baker, Brett -- 5. Constituency and Grammatical Relations in Australian languages / Nordlinger, Rachel -- 6. Complex Predicates in Australian languages / Bowern, Claire -- 7. Semantics of Australian Languages / Gaby, Alice / Singer, Ruth -- 8 Indigenous language maintenance and revitalisation / Walsh, Michael -- Part II. Post-contact language varieties -- 9 Language Contact Varieties / Meakins, Felicity -- 10. Aboriginal English / Eades, Diana -- 11. Australian English / Collins, Peter -- Index of languages -- Index of names -- Index of subjects |