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

吉尼博士的这本书运用了罕见的强度的双重专业知识，是对罗曼史方言学和音系学理论的重大贡献。它全面介绍了意大利西北部米奥廖拉村利古里亚方言的音节和韵律音系。在作者S本人田野调查的基础上，首次对这一领域进行了深入的研究，也是从拉丁语追溯其发展历程。在一般的理论问题中，特征分配、规格不足和数量变化是最突出的，在这些问题上，对Miogliola音系学的细节进行了细致的分析，以优雅和有力的方式发挥作用。

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.