This ground-breaking 1980 study of over 200 Australian languages is still valuable, especially for its non-technical opening chapters.

This book addresses controversial issues in the application of the comparative method to the languages of Australia which have recently come to international pr

Professor Dixon presents a comprehensive study of the indigenous languages of Australia.

Linguists and non-linguists will find in this volume a guide and reference source to the rich linguistic heritage of Australia.

The series builds an extensive collection of high quality descriptions of languages around the world. Each volume offers a comprehensive grammatical description