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

吉尼博士的书利用了罕见的双重专业知识，对罗曼语方言学和音系理论都做出了重大贡献。它给出了一个全面的部分和格律音韵学的利古里亚方言的米格里奥拉村，意大利西北部。基于作者自己的田野调查，这是第一次深入研究这一领域，也从拉丁语追溯其发展。在对米格里奥拉音系学的细节进行细致分析后，作者优雅而有力地提出了一些一般性理论问题，其中最突出的是特征分配、规格不足和数量变化。

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.