R. M. W. Dixon (PhD 1968 in Linguistics, University of LondoAlexandra Aikhenvald (PhD 1984 in Linguistics, Academy of Scn, Doctor of Letters 1991, Australian National University) iiences of the USSR, Doctor of Letters 2006, La Trobe Universs Adjunct Professor at the Cairns Institute, James Cook Univity) is Professor and Research Leader (People and Societies ersity. He has published extensively on typological theory, of the Tropics) at the Cairns Institute, James Cook Universiand genetic and areal relationships between languages, in adty. She has published extensively on areal linguistics and l...