This tripartite volume with 18 contributions in English and French isdedicated to Tunisian and Libyan Arabic dialects which form part ofthe so-called Maghrebi or Western group of dialects. There are tencontributions that investigate aspects of Tunisian dialects, fivecontributions on Libyan dialects, and three comparative articles thatgo beyond the geographical and linguistic borders of Tunisia andLibya. The focus of "Tunisian and Libyan Arabic Dialects" is onlinguistic aspects but a wider range of topics is also addressed, inparticular questions regarding digital corpora and digital humanities. These foci and other subjects investi¡gated, such as the syntacticstudies and the presentation of recently gathered linguistic data,bear reference to the subtitle "Common Trends - Recent Developments -Diachronic Aspects".
