Eugeniusz Cyran

Prof. Dr. Hab. Eugeniusz Cyran is a Professor at the Department of English-Polish Comparative Linguistics, Institute of Linguistics, Faculty of Humanities, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin. His academic career spans over three decades, including habilitation in 2004 and professorship since 2014. He has served as Head of the Department of Phonology and Phonetics (2014) and Head of the Department of Celtic Philology (2004).

• Professor, Department of English-Polish Comparative Linguistics (2014–present)
• Head of Department of Phonology and Phonetics (2014)
• Head of Department of Celtic Philology (2004)

Research Interests focus on phonetics, phonology, and morphophonology of Slavic, Germanic, and Celtic languages. He explores theoretical frameworks like Government Phonology, Licensing Theory, and Laryngeal Realism, with emphasis on syllable structures, voicing systems, and historical sound development.

Publications Trends show a consistent focus on laryngeal distinctions, licensing mechanisms, and comparative analysis of Slavic-Celtic sound systems. His recent work integrates empirical phonetic data with theoretical phonology, addressing paradoxes in Polish phonotactics and cross-linguistic universals.

Scientific Awards include:

• Nagroda indywidualna II stopnia (2013) for scientific achievements
• Nagroda II stopnia (2012) for monograph published by Mouton de Gruyter

Grants include managing the National Science Centre-funded project "Substanceless Phonology and Phonetic Data: An Acoustic and Aerodynamic Comparative Study of Consonants in Two Dialects of Polish" (2019). He has also organized international conferences like APAP2015 (2015) and served on editorial committees for series including Lublin Studies in Celtic Languages and Studies in Linguistics and Methodology.