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timepiececlockHello, hello folks! I have Linguistics field project that I need you guys to help me with. You see, I was collecting data IRL, but I lost some of the documents and I need new data from people. Can you help me in my time of emergency? I need to get at least 18 people to fill this out, the more the better. Men are especially welcome since there's so few on my friends list. Er... that I know about, anyway. ;P
If you guys could answer these 8 survey questions, that would be great.
If you could then create a link in your journal to this entry to spread the word about my survey, that would be even better. But that's not part of the survey, so you don't have to and you could just answer the questions.
Thank you so so much.
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SURVEY
Gender:
Nationality/ the country of residence which most affected your speech:
Age:
If you are 29 years or younger, do not fill out any more questions. You may leave now with my thanks.
If you are 30 years or older, please answer the following opinion questions to the best of your ability, and feel free to elaborate as much as you like:
1. Do you think language and vocabulary in common daily use has changed since 1990?
2. Do you think widespread computer technology has had a significant effect on the vocabulary you use and understand in the last 10-15 years?
3. How would you say the vocabulary of you, your children, or the people you know has changed since 1990 with the popularization of the internet?
4. What are some new words, phrases, idioms, or other bits of figurative language you might use now that you did not use 10-15 years ago? Do these relate to technology or to other things in life?
5. What are some positive aspects of changes in slang, terminology, idioms, etc. that have occurred since or resulting from the 90s and beyond?
6. What aspects of changes in slang, terminology, idioms, etc. frustrate you or do you dislike?
7. What’s your favorite word, phrase, term or idiom introduced in the last 10-15 years?
8. Do you have a job in the computer/tech industry, and if so how might that affect your answers on this survey?
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Thank you for participating. NOTE: The age question is very important so please be honest about it... my project involves the perspective of people over 30 because that's an age wherein I judged that people would have lived long enough to accurately measure some changes in the language over longer periods of time. Of course, if you want to fill it out for fun, you're welcome to do so. Just make sure you tell me so on the age question. :)
EDIT: I've got enough now, thank you!
If you guys could answer these 8 survey questions, that would be great.
If you could then create a link in your journal to this entry to spread the word about my survey, that would be even better. But that's not part of the survey, so you don't have to and you could just answer the questions.
Thank you so so much.
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SURVEY
Gender:
Nationality/ the country of residence which most affected your speech:
Age:
If you are 29 years or younger, do not fill out any more questions. You may leave now with my thanks.
If you are 30 years or older, please answer the following opinion questions to the best of your ability, and feel free to elaborate as much as you like:
1. Do you think language and vocabulary in common daily use has changed since 1990?
2. Do you think widespread computer technology has had a significant effect on the vocabulary you use and understand in the last 10-15 years?
3. How would you say the vocabulary of you, your children, or the people you know has changed since 1990 with the popularization of the internet?
4. What are some new words, phrases, idioms, or other bits of figurative language you might use now that you did not use 10-15 years ago? Do these relate to technology or to other things in life?
5. What are some positive aspects of changes in slang, terminology, idioms, etc. that have occurred since or resulting from the 90s and beyond?
6. What aspects of changes in slang, terminology, idioms, etc. frustrate you or do you dislike?
7. What’s your favorite word, phrase, term or idiom introduced in the last 10-15 years?
8. Do you have a job in the computer/tech industry, and if so how might that affect your answers on this survey?
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Thank you for participating. NOTE: The age question is very important so please be honest about it... my project involves the perspective of people over 30 because that's an age wherein I judged that people would have lived long enough to accurately measure some changes in the language over longer periods of time. Of course, if you want to fill it out for fun, you're welcome to do so. Just make sure you tell me so on the age question. :)
EDIT: I've got enough now, thank you!
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Date: 2004-03-17 03:40 pm (UTC)Gender: Female
Nationality/ the country of residence which most affected your speech: US
Age: 40
If you are 29 years or younger, do not fill out any more questions. You may leave now with my thanks.
If you are 30 years or older, please answer the following opinion questions to the best of your ability, and feel free to elaborate as much as you like:
1. Do you think language and vocabulary in common daily use has changed since 1990?
Yes
2. Do you think widespread computer technology has had a significant effect on the vocabulary you use and understand in the last 10-15 years?
Yes
3. How would you say the vocabulary of you, your children, or the people you know has changed since 1990 with the popularization of the internet?
I think more people tend to abbreviate things and use short cuts. There's more technical-related vocabulary that's become part of mainstream speech. I can't say from personal experience, but I would assume that English usage has become more "Americanized" in English-speaking countries outside North America based on the simple fact that the North America has the largest English-speaking population.
4. What are some new words, phrases, idioms, or other bits of figurative language you might use now that you did not use 10-15 years ago? Do these relate to technology or to other things in life?
Lots of technical or internet related things: e-mail, web host, web site, mother board, spam (used to mean junk email) etc.
I'd say that maybe my vocabulary is "younger". I never used to say something sucks for example. Actually that expression existed when I was in high school, but it wasn't something I could have said in front of my parents, so I didn't use it and I didn't pick it up then. I use it more now because I see it all the time on the net.
5. What are some positive aspects of changes in slang, terminology, idioms, etc. that have occurred since or resulting from the 90s and beyond?
This is completely theoretical, but I would think in the long run it makes slang less slang. Classically slang was developed by a certain group to set itself off from another. It was meant to be difficult to understand. But when you're on the internet and chatting with people around the world, you have to stick to slang everyone understands for the most part. I think as a result certain slang expression catch on more than others, but then as a result of nearly universal understanding, would these terms really be slang.
Actually, I don't see this as either positive or negative. It's just something that's probably happening. IMO the language is going to evolve faster as a result. More words will come into universal usage more quickly.
6. What aspects of changes in slang, terminology, idioms, etc. frustrate you or do you dislike?
I don't like "net speak". I realize it's faster to type, but when you're communicating by means of message boards, LJ, something more permanent than chat, I feel it's a sign of laziness. It honestly doesn't take all that much longer to type "you" than it does "u".
Common abbreviations like LOL or BTW are fine IMO. ;-)
7. What’s your favorite word, phrase, term or idiom introduced in the last 10-15 years?
Can't say I have one.
8. Do you have a job in the computer/tech industry, and if so how might that affect your answers on this survey?
No I don't, although I used to run a website, and I still have a small personal one.