Positional Effects in Sardinian Muta cum Liquida

List of Tables • Introduction • Chapter 1 - The Sardinian Language: 2. Tertenia Sardinian: The Dialect under Investigation • 3. History of Sardinian • 4. Ancient Sardinian Texts • 5. Italo-Romance Languages on the Island of Sardinia • 6. Language Policy and Sociolinguistic Situation • Chapter 2 - The CVCV Model: 1. Introduction • 2. Lateral Relations • 3. Branching Onsets and Locality in CVCV • 4. The Identity of the Word-initial Position • 5. The Coda Mirror • 6. Summary • Chapter 3 – Database: 1. Introduction • 2. Content of the Different Tables • 3. Remarks on the Evolution of Sardinian • 4. Problematic Entries • Chapter 4 – Metathesis and Liquid Deletion in Sardinian Dialects: 1. Diachronic Metathesis • 2. Synchronic Metathesis • 3. Metathesis and Liquid Deletion in the Diachrony of Tertenia Sardinian • Chapter 5 - Syllabic Representations of Stop-plus-liquid Sequences: 1. Introduction • 2. TRs in a Strict CV Model • 3. Bipositional TRs • 4. Monopositional TRs • 5. Detecting the Syllabic Status: Some Criteria • 6. Obstruents in Coda: the Case of C+j Sequences • 7. Summary • Chapter 6 - Structural Conditions for Metathesis: 1. TR Groups • 2. Structural Conditions for Lenition • 3. Structural Conditions for Metathesis and Liquid Deletion • 4. The Evolution of the Three Groups • 5. The Landing Site of the Liquid • 6. The Word-Initial Position • 7. Diachronic Dynamics • Conclusive Remarks • Appendix • Database • References