Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 0.1 GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS -- 0.2 METHODOLOGY AND DATA -- 0.3 SCOPE -- CHAPTER I. PHONEMIC ANALYSES -- 1.1.0 San Giuseppe Iato -- 1.2.0 Villalba -- 1.3.0 Mistretta -- 1.4.0 Bitti -- CHAPTER II. A RECONSTRUCTION OF PROTO-ROMANCE -- 2.0 INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. -- 2.1 Initial Consonants and Clusters -- 2.2 Medial Consonants and Clusters -- 2.3 Stressed Vowels -- 2.4 Pre-tonic Vowels -- 2.5 Post-tonic Vowels : Non-final -- 2.6 Post-tonic Vowels : Final -- Chapter III. EXTRAPOLATION AND SOUND CHANGE -- 3.1.0 Consonants -- 3.2.0 Vowels -- 3.3.0 External Influence -- 3.4.0 Summary -- BIBLIOGRAPHY