"Asymmetries in the Phonology of Miogliola" by Dr. Mirco Ghini (deceased on January 11, 2001)

• Applicant: Professorin Aditi Lahiri, Ph.D.
• Subject Area: General and Comparative Linguistics, Experimental Linguistics, Typology, Non-European Languages
• Term: from 2001 to 2002
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 5340414

Drawing on a dual expertise of rare intensity, Dr. Ghini`s book is a major constribution 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, Northwest 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.

• DFG Programme: Publication Grants