Asymmetries in the Phonology of Miogliola

Download or read book Asymmetries in the Phonology of Miogliola written by Mirco Ghini and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-07-11 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on a dual expertise of rare intensity, Mirco Ghini's book is a major contribution to both Romance dialectology and phonological theory. It gives a comprehensive account of the segmental and metrical phonology of the Ligurian dialect of the village of Miogliola, North-west Italy. Based on the author's own fieldwork, it is the first in-depth study of this area, also tracing its development from Latin. Feature assignment, underspecification, and quantity alternations are most prominent among the general theoretical issues on which the particulars of Miogliola phonology, meticuously analysed, are brought to bear with elegance and force.