Australian Languages

1. Acknowledgements; 2. Map; 3. Contributor's addresses; 4. Foreword (by Campbell, Lyle); 5. Introduction: subgrouping methodology in historical linguistics (by Bowern, Claire); 6. A methodological history of Australian linguistic classification (by Koch, Harold); 7. Pama-Nyungan as a genetic entity (by Miceli, Luisa); 8. The coherence and distinctiveness of the Pama-Nyungan language family within the Australian linguistic phylum (by O'Grady, Geoffrey); 9. Pama-Nyungan: phonological reconstruction and status as a phylogenetic group (by Alpher, Barry); 10. The Arandic subgroup of Australian languages (by Koch, Harold); 11. The Ngumpin-Yapa subgroup (by McConvell, Patrick); 12. Thura-Yura as a subgroup (by Simpson, Jane); 13. The Yarli languages (by Hercus, Luise); 14. Evolution of the verb conjugations in the Ngarna languages (by Breen, Gavan); 15. The failure of the evidence of shared innovations in Cape York Peninsula (by Black, Paul); 16. Diagnostic similarities and differences between Nyulnyulan and neighbouring languages (by Bowern, Claire); 17. Revisiting Proto-Mirndi (by Green, Ian); 18. Stem forms and paradigm reshaping in Gunwinyguan (by Baker, Brett); 19. Combined references; 20. Language index; 21. Subject index; 22. Appendices