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This volume sets out to provide a comprehensive description of the grammar of Gooniyandi, a non-Pama-Nyungan language of the southern-central Kimberley region of Western Australia. It covers phonetics and phonology, word phrase and clause structure, and the semantics of closed-class grammatical items. The major focus is, however, on meaning: how do Gooniyandi speakers mean with and in their language. To this end, the theoretical framework of systemic functional grammar, particularly as elaborated in Halliday's recent work, is adopted. Certain refinements to the theory are proposed in order to

Gunian language --- Giniandi language --- Gooniyandi language --- Guniyan language --- Guniyn language --- Konejandi language --- Koneyandi language --- Kunan language --- Kuniyan language --- Bunaban languages --- Grammar. --- Intonation. --- Semantics. --- Grammar --- Intonation --- Semantics --- Asian languages --- Oceanic languages --- Gunian language - Grammar. --- Gunian language - Intonation. --- Gunian language - Semantics.