In this talk, I give a brief overview of the life cycle model of phonological processes (Kiparsky 1995, Bermúdez-Otero 2015, Sen 2016), a framework that combines an elaborated architecture for analysing related phonetic, phonological, and morphological phenomena in both synchronic and diachronic aspects. I argue that it has significant analytical strengths, and showcase several case studies. In the talk, I will report the main highlights of a recent study of areal phenomena in northern European phonology, with a focus on stop preaspiration, before offering a novel analysis of palatalization and consonant-vowel interactions in Slavic. Time permitting, I will also discuss current work on mid vowel alternations in Slavic (such as e > ’o in East Slavic and the przegłos lechicki in West Slavic).

The lecture will take place on Mar. 20, at 13.15 in room 1.012.