Asymmetries in the phonology of Miogliola / by Mirco Ghini.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ghini, Mirco, 1962-2001.

Series:

Studies in generative grammar 60

Studies in generative grammar ; 60

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Italian language--Dialects--Italy--Miogliola--Phonology.

Italian language.

Gallo-Italian dialects--Phonology.

Gallo-Italian dialects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 267 pages) : maps

Edition:

Reprint 2011

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Front matter

Foreword

Preface

Maps

Introduction

Chapter 1 Theoretical assumptions

Chapter 2 An overview of the Miogliola consonants

Chapter 3 Consonantal prosody and metrical structure

Chapter 4 Vowel patterns before /N/

Chapter 5 An overview of the vowel system in Miogliola

Chapter 6 The dorsal vowel /a/

Conclusions

Notes

References

Word index

Subject index

Language index

Author index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-240) and indexes.

ISBN:

9783110873023

3110873028

OCLC:

922945338