Kuzmenko Yury Institute of Linguistic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Federation Articles TONES IN DANISH DIALECTS COMPARED WITH LOW GERMAN AND FRANCONIAN TONES SHORTENING OF LONG STRESSED VOWELS IN FRISIAN SHORTENING OF THE ORIGINAL LONG ROOT VOWELS IN DANISH SHORTENING OF THE LONG CONSONANTS IN DANISH AND WEST GERMANIC LANGUAGES UTVECKLINGEN AV STAVELSESTRUKTUREN I SYDSVENSKA MÅL OCH I DANSKA RIKSSPRÅKET UDVIKLINGEN AF ET SEMANTISK GENUSSYSTEM I DE VESTJYSKE DIALEKTER NORDISKT OMLJUD > SAMISK METAFONI > NORDNORDISK TILLJÄMNING ON THE POSSIBILITY OF A SÁMI INFLUENCE ON THE SCANDINAVIAN LANGUAGES ONCE AGAIN VOKALBALANSENS OPPHAV I SVENSKE OG NORSKE DIALEKTER SAMI AS GIANTS AND DWARFS IN OLD SCANDINAVIAN LITERATURE