Thread: Native English Speakers: Please Help in Experiment

Hello. It's a long time since I've been here: Same problems. However I'm not here for complaining.

Dear native English speakers of America and England whom I know and know not,

You might read one of my very old posts where I said I'm working on my linguistic dissertation. One colleague of mine is also working in the same project as me and she needs some empiric data to analyze. That is why I kindly agreed to help her a little in having recourse to this site.

This is TRULY an important task, and if you have time, please take a look at the following instructions and fill out the form. Also, if you are able to share this form with your friends or other people you know of who can be so kind to help in this experiment, you'll help a lot doing this, too.

When you are ready, please PM your answer to me or use the e-mail address given at the end of the form. PLEASE, DON'T post the answers here. You may inform me if you answered to the e-mail and not through the forum. Any other questions connected to this topic are welcomed here.

My colleague Mrs. Zhoukova and I would like to get about 50 responses from American and British people in all. Personally, I'll be very grateful if exactly you take part in it, and maybe I'll be able to repay you here!

And now...


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Questionnaire

This questionnaire is a part of a psycholinguistic experiment. Please, read the instructions carefully before answering the questions.
Thank you for cooperation!

I. Demographic Data
Please, answer the following questions. The data will be used for statistical
purposes only.

1. Age:

2. Sex: M________ / F________

3. How long has your family been living in America/Great Britain? If your family immigrated here from some other country, please specify its name:

4. Education (level of education and specialization):

5. Occupation:

6. Native tongue (if you are bilingual, please specify your first and second
languages):

7. Present place of living (city, province):



II. Associations
Please, read the words and expressions below. After each of them, put down a
word or a word combination that first comes to your mind. (It is very important that you give your first reactions without considering the answer too much. If you don’t have any ideas, please, don’t write anything).

Money:

The English language:

Mankind:

Time:

Canadians:

Happy:

British English:

Hardworking:

Americans:

Church:

Canadian English:

Ship:

Religious:

Standard English:

Woman:

The English people:

Love:

School:

American English:



Thank you for your help.
Please return the completed form to larmi__AT__inbox.ru
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Могут ли ответить носители английского языка, которые не живут ни в Америке, ни в Англии?

К сожалению, эксперимент ограничен только этими категориями носителей английского языка. Рассматривается языковое сознание двух культур, имеющих некоторые полярности.

2. Sex ____(occasionally)