Donald Alasdair Morrison

Donald Alasdair Morrison is a Lecturer in Phonetics and Phonology at the University of Manchester. He completed his PhD in Linguistics in 2020, focusing on modularity and stratification in phonology with specific emphasis on Scottish Gaelic sound patterns. His research employs experimental and theoretical approaches to analyze vowel allophony, metrical structure, and nasalisation phenomena.

Morrison's work investigates phonological interfaces through Stratal Optimality Theory and acoustic analysis. Recent publications explore vowel laxing/retraction in Ness Gaelic dialects and diachronic changes in coronal stop contrasts. His research integrates fieldwork with computational modeling to advance understanding of Celtic language phonetics.