This manual will be an indispensable research tool for everyone interested in the Sardinian language and in Romance linguistics in general. It presents the first extensive overview of the various questions and problems of Sardinian linguistics. In addition to a detailed introduction to the socio-historical background of the current linguistic situation in Sardinia, it provides diachronic and synchronic descriptions both of the varieties of Sardinian itself and of the other idioms spoken on the island.

E. Blasco Ferrer +, Università di Cagliari, Italien; P. Koch +, Universität Tübingen; D. Marzo, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.