This book builds on R. M. W. Dixon’s most influential work on the languages of North Queensland. It brings together studies in the fields of phonology, syntax, language contact, and…

Shows how grammar helps people communicate and looks at the ways grammar and meaning interrelate. This book starts from the notion that a speaker codes a meaning into grammatical forms…

Described by Ken Hale as ‘nothing less than a masterpiece’ and by P. H. Matthews as ‘absolutely clear, astonishingly complete, factually fascinating’, The Languages of Australia (1980) was a landmark…

In Basic Linguistic Theory R. M. W. Dixon provides a comprehensive guide to the nature of human languages and their description and analysis. The books are a one-stop text for…

This book explores the expression of information source, inferences, assumptions, probability and possibility, and gradations of doubt and beliefs across a wide range of languages in different cultural settings. Like…

In this book, a distinguished international group of scholars discuss the concept ‘word’ and its applicability in a range of typologically diverse languages from all corners of the globe. Close…

Considers how and why forms and meanings of different languages at different times may resemble each other. This book investigates the relationship between areal diffusion and the genetic development of…

This book provides an integrated account of the main prepositions of English, outlining their various forms and illustrating contrastive senses. It is written in a clear and accessible style, and…