[Description of the stressed vowel phonemes of Central Western Standard-English as spoken in Chicago. The article possesses a more general interest as an example of the technique of analyzing phonemically the structure of a dialect.]

§1. Studying the excellent paper on ‘Sievers's Law’ by Franklin Edgerton (Language 10. 235 sqq.) I was surprised to see that on page 252 (§34) illustrative quotations were missing for *diyāvāpṛthvī, suggested by him in the RV in certain positions instead of the traditional dyāvāpṛthivī. Therefore, I tried to furnish the proofs myself; but very soon I saw that Edgerton's interpretation is impossible.

[Attestation and meaning of Etr. ancar; various proper nouns connected with this word; connection between it and the goddess Angerona.]

[In Messapic IE s, both initial and intervocalic remains unchanged. The function of the symbol h is graphic, to indicate hiatus or vowel length. The effort is made to collect all relevant material.]

[An account is given of the German background of the present English dialect, and of the phonological, syntactic, and lexical peculiarities of the dialect. German influence is to be seen in the syntax and in that part of the vocabulary which represents ‘relational concepts’. In the sphere of ‘basic concepts’ the vocabulary is now almost free from German influence. One of the phonological peculiarities, viz. the treatment of r final or followed by a consonant, may suggest German influence, but this is not clear. Most of the peculiarities are disappearing under the influence of surrounding English dialects.]