Abstract
The present study revisits the well-known question of the development ъ > o in Balkan Slavic (Bulgarian, Macedonian, Torlak) in the light of advances in research achieved over recent decades in a variety of fields (dialectology, historical phonology, Old Church Slavonic, epigraphy). The paper 1) presents a synthesis of the evidence for ъ > o in modern Balkan Slavic (sec. II) and the earliest attestations (sec. III), 2) provides a critical analysis of the different theories which attempt to explain the existence of systems with split distribution, where ъ > o in affixes, but ъ is retained in root syllables (sec. IV), 3) proposes historical connections between the isoglosses for ъ > o and those of a range of other phenomena (phonological, lexical, accentual) (sec. III, V).
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