Sullo statuto sillabico dei nessi sC. Il caso del sardo.

Initial sC clusters have been widely debated and thoroughly analysed in the phonological literature. This paper deals specifically with the syllabic status of sC clusters in Sardinian. In current Sardinian, a sharp partition is observed: Logudorese does not tolerate word-initial sC clusters and a prosthetic vowel is now generalised on such clusters. More interestingly, Campidanese, while accepting word-initial sC clusters, displays a phonological process of vowel prosthesis: a vowel is inserted at word-boundaries when a final coda precedes the cluster. I will focus on this process, to argue for a heterosyllabic analysis of sC clusters for Sardinian.