text_combined: books semantics john benjamins publishing would like call attention following new title field semantics nominal classification aboriginal australia marc harvey nicholas reid eds university newcastle university new england 1997 x 296 pp studies language companion series 37 us canada hb 1 55619 848 5 price usd 89 00 rest world hb 90 272 3040 4 price nlg 178 volume aims extend range analyses database nominal classification systems previous analyses nominal classification systems focused two areas semantics classification system role system discourse many nominal classification systems appear significant percentage nominals arbitrary classification considerable body literature aimed elucidating semantic bases classification systems thereby reducing degree apparent arbitrariness contributors volume continue line enquiry also propose arbitrariness role wider sociocultural perspective previous analyses discourse role classification systems posit play significant role referential tracking languages surveyed volume contributors propose reference instantiation equally significant function indeed reference instantiation tracking properly divided one another volume provides detailed information classification number northern australian languages whose systems otherwise poorly known contents introduction nominal classification gender aboriginal australia new guinea classificatory verbs australian noun classification typological comparison head classes agreement classes mayali dialect chain head agreement classes areal perspective class classifier ngan gityemerri nominal classification marrithiyel noun classes nominal classification generics murrinhpatha contributions mark harvey nicholas reid fransesca merlin steve powell robert alan rumsey nicholas evans ian green michael walsh bernadette martinez keck tel 215 8361200 publicity marketing fax 215 8361204 john benjamins north america email bernie benjamins com po box 27519 philadelphia pa 191180519 check john benjamins web site http www benjamins com