kozak@mmm.UUCP (Darryn Kozak) (11/14/85)
Hello net.nlang readers:
PLEASE - REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE NOW!
I am currently enrolled in a course at the University of Minnesota dealing
with dialectology, ie. language variation. Most of the data used to
study different dialects is gathered via surveys or questionnaires.
For my final project in this course I am doing a survey via the net.
The survey follows below. I will be sending it to a few different
newsgroups, so you need only fill it out once. BUT PLEASE DO IT
ONCE! This will only work if YOU take a few minutes and fill it out
NOW!. I hate to sound pushy but my grade depends on getting as many
responses as possible and as soon as possible. Put yourself in my
shoes -- I NEED YOUR HELP!
When finished with the questionaire, return your answers to one of the
addresses below.
email at: ihnp4!mmm!kozak
or post to:
Darryn Kozak Darryn Kozak
3M Center or 727 - 9th Ave NW
260-6A-08 New Brighton, MN 55112
St. Paul, MN 55144
612-733-3271 612-633-2965
The survey is divided into 2 parts, the first is concerned with background
information about you, the second are the actual questions. Both
parts serve an important purpose in the final analysis of the survey
so PLEASE do your best to answer all the questions.
THANKS -- Darryn Kozak
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I. BACKGROUND INFORMATION
1. Date of Birth:
2. Gender:
3. Where have you lived? (City, state, country and DATES at each location -
elaborate as necessay)
A. Born and raised:
B. Educated (Did you 'go away' for school, college, ...):
C. Where have you lived since you finished school:
4. Education:
5. Occupation:
6. What newsgroups on the net do you regularly read?:
7. What newsgroup did you find this survey on?
II. THE QUESTIONNAIRE
There are basically three types of questions 1) Simple question/answer
2) Fill in the blank and 3) Open questions, which ask for 1 or more
answers. Answer as many of the questions as you can.
DIRECTIONS:
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A) FOR EACH QUESTION GIVE THE WORD OR PHRASE YOU WOULD MOST LIKELY
USE.
B) IF THERE IS MORE THAN ONE WORD WHICH YOU WOULD USE, LIST THEM ALL,
BUT TRY TO EXPLAIN ANY DIFFERENCES IN THE WAY IN WHICH YOU WOULD
USE THEM, IE. DIFFERENT SITUATIONS, WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE, ETC.
C) IF YOU HAVE HEARD OTHER PEOPLE USE A DIFFERENT WORD OR PHRASE
FOR THIS QUESTION, LIST THEM ALSO, BUT SPECIFY THEM AS SUCH!
D) FEEL FREE TO MAKE ANY OTHER COMMENTS YOU WOULD LIKE ABOUT A
PARTICULAR QUESTION.
If by chance you can think of no answer for a particular question,
then put down NR for no response so that I know you at least thought
about the question.
One last comment - this is not a trivia contest - please don't look
things up in books or ask friends for help, I want YOUR answers.
1. When a road is blocked: "This is all __________ we can go."
2. If somebody has no clothes on at all -- for example, "There was Johnny,
__________." or, "They went in swimming __________."
3. Words for finding fault, or complaining: "You just can't please him -- he's
always __________."
4. Joking ways of saying that you would not know who somebody is: "I wouldn't
know him from __________."
5. Names you use for fancy rolls and pastries: (According to shapes, etc.):
(Open question)
6. Names for a sloping outside cellar door:
7. Informal ways of saying 'good-bye' to people you know quite well: (Include
humorous expressions.)
8. Names for different kinds of large sweet peppers:
9. To sulk or pout: "It won't do any good to __________ about it."
10. Something that keeps on annoying you -- for example, a fly that keeps
buzzing around you: "That __________ fly won't go away."
11. Different shapes or types of doughnuts (or other word)?
12. A place in mountains or high hills where you can get through without
climbing over the top:
13. To begin to go away from a place: "It's about time for me to __________."
14. When a child picks up his sled, runs with it, and then
throws himself down on it, that's a __________.
15. Of a person who acts annoyed or disappointed you might say, "Because she
couldn't go, she's been __________ all day."
16. Vehicles for a baby or small child -- the kind it can lie down in:
17. Vehicles for a small child -- the kind it has to sit up in:
18. A work garment, usually of blue cloth, covering the legs and sometimes the
chest, worn by farmers.
19. What do you call low land running between hills? (With and without water)
20. Other words meaning 'obstinate': "Why does he have to be so __________."
21. Joking names for an outside toilet building:
22. If you force somebody to pay money that he owes you, but that he does not
want to pay, you might say, "I finally made him __________."
23. Insects or other creatures that fasten themselves to the skin and suck
blood -- on land:
24. Blood-sucking creatures -- in water:
25. A round cake, cooked in deep fat, with jelly inside:
26. Somebody who seems to be looking for reasons to be angry: "He's a
__________."
27. The kind of person who is always poking into other people's affairs:
"She's the __________ person I know!"
28. The space near the barn with a fence around it where you keep the
livestock:
29. A police vehicle with a red, blue, or yellow flashing light on top:
30. A person who is always finding fault about unimportant things:
31. A deep place cut in sloping ground by running water:
32. Sayings about a person who seems to you very stupid: "He doesn't know
__________."
33. In a town, the strip of grass and trees between the sidewalk and the curb:
34. Other words for arguing: "They stood there for an hour __________."
35. What is a word for 'not being indecisive, but not really saying yes or no
either'?
III. ONE LAST QUESTION
Are there any variations in language usage that you have noticed in
your area or places you have traveled?
When I have the project done I will send a copy of my paper to each of the
newsgroups that I have sent the questionaire.
If you have any questions or comments, please send them along with the
questionnaire.
THANKS AGAIN -- DARRYN KOZAK
Addresses near beginning of letter.