Table of Contents

1. Preface (by Harvey, Mark); 2. Map 1: Principal Languages; 3. Map 2: Other Australian Languages; 4. Map 3: Mayali and Its Dialects; 5. Introduction (by Harvey, Mark); 6. Nominal Classification and Gender in Aboriginal Australia (by Harvey, Mark); 7. New Guinea 'Classificatory Verbs' and Australian Noun Classification: A Typological Comparison (by Merlan, Francesca); 8. Head Classes and Agreement Classes in the Mayali Dialect Chain (by Evans, Nicholas); 9. Head and Agreement Classes: An Areal Perspective (by Harvey, Mark); 10. Class and Classifier in Ngan'gityemerri (by Reid, Nicholas); 11. Nominal Classification in Marrithiyel (by Green, Ian); 12. Noun Classes, Nominal Classification and Generics in Murrinhpatha (by Walsh, Michael); 13. Index of Languages; 14. Index of Subjects; 15. List of Contributors