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Study
title: Pacific Northwest Dialect
Study, Vancouver WA Pilot Study
Researcher:
Alice Lemieux
Date: Summer 2005
On
this webpage:
Appendix
A. Consent form
Appendix
B. Reading passage
Appendix
C. Word list
Appendix
D. Multiple-choice questions
Appendix
E. Demographic questionnaire
Appendix A. Consent Form
Consent form for Dialect Study of the Pacific Northwest
University of Washington
Principal Investigators:
Alicia Beckford Wassink, Asst.
Professor, Department of
Linguistics, Univeristy of Washington
Robert Hagiwara, Asst. Professor, Department of Linguistics, Univeristy
of Manitoba
Richard Wright, Asst. Professor, Department of Linguistics, Univeristy
of Washington
Investigators' phone: (206) 616-9589
Investigator, Vancouver Pilot Study
Alice Lemieux, Undergraduate,
Department of Linguistics, University of Washington
Phone: (206) 465-0732
Investigators'
statement
We are inviting you to participate in a research
study about the sounds of American English in the Pacific Northwest. You can be
in this study because you are a native speaker of American English and do not
have speech or hearing difficulties. The purpose of this consent form is to
give you the information you will need to help you decide whether or not to be
in the study. Please read the following paragraphs carefully. You may ask
questions about the purpose of the research, what we would ask you to do, the
possible risks and benefits, your rights as a volunteer, and anything else
about the research that is not clear. When all your questions have been
answered, you can decide if you want to be in the study or not. This process is
called 'informed consent.'
PURPOSE AND BENEFITS
We want to know more about the speech sounds of
people who speak English in the Pacific Northwest. We want to record and study
this speech so that there is information about the Pacific Northwest similar to
the information about the speech of other regions in North America. We hope
that the results of this study will help us understand the unique sounds of
English speakers in this region. You may not directly benefit from taking part
in this research.
PROCEDURES
If you choose to take part in this study, we
will ask you to come to two recording sessions at two different times. Each
session will take place at a convenient location in your community. Each
session will last about 2 hours. In one session, we will record your voice in a
casual conversation with friends. In the other session, we will record your
voice individually.
We
would like to know about the people that took part in the study, so we will ask
you to complete a questionnaire about yourself after the second recording
session. You do not have to answer every question. We will ask about your age,
gender, residence history and language. You do not have to answer every
question.
We use the recordings to measure the acoustic
(mathematical) properties of speech. It is important to the researchers to be
able to demonstrate the sounds and their properties to other scientists. We
would like to use the recordings in presentations and for education. We would also like to be able to use
the recordings and measurements on the world wide web as part of a database of
North American dialects. Please indicate below (by placing a check in the
appropriate boxes) how we can use your recordings and voice measurements:
o My recordings and voice measurements may
be made available within the University of Washington research community.
o My recordings and voice measurements may
be made available to academic research communities outside the University of
Washington.
o My recordings may be made publicly
accessible on the world wide web as part of a database on North American
dialects.
o My voice measurements may be made
publicly accessible on the world wide web as part of a database on North
American dialects.
o My recordings and voice measurements may
be made available as part of teaching materials for use by instructors and
students.
Some people who take part in
linguistic research want the researchers to use their names when the results of
the study are published, and some people do not want their names used. Please
indicate your preference below:
o
I give my permission for the researchers to use my name in the published
results.
o I do NOT give my permission for the
researchers to use my name in the published results.
RISKS, STRESSES AND DISCOMFORT
Some people feel that providing information for
research is an invasion of privacy.
OTHER INFORMATION
Taking part
in this study is voluntary. You can stop at any time. Information about you is
confidential, unless you have given us permission to publish your name. If we
do not have permission to use your name, we will not record your name on any
study records or recordings.
All of the study
information in the database uses a code, instead of your name. We will keep the
link between your name and the code indefinitely.
If you have any questions, please ask us. If you have any additional questions
later, or would like to know the results of the study, you may call
(206)-616-9589, and we will be happy to answer them. You will be offered a copy
of this statement to keep.
Investigator date Printed Name of Investigator
investigators:
Alicia Beckford Wassink PhD
Richard Wright
PhD
Robert Hagiwara
PhD
Alice Lemieux,
Undergraduate
Participatant
Statement:
This
study has been explained to me. I have had a chance to ask questions. If I have
questions later about the research I can ask one of the investigators listed
above. If I have questions about my rights as a research subject, I can call
the Human Subjects Division, University of Washington, at (206) 543-0098. I
give permission for my voice recordings to be used as I have indicated above. I
will receive a copy of this consent form.
Respondent Signature date Printed
Name of Participant
cc: investigator
respondent
Appendix B. Reading Passage
[note: Targeted words are underlined in this version of the reading passage. Informant were shown a non-underlined version.]
Washington State is in the northwest corner of the United States, bordering Canada, Idaho, and Oregon. Known as the Evergreen State, Washington is filled with forests, mountains, and water. Salmon swim up creeks to spawn and pleasure boats sail up the Hood Canal. The weather is measured by how much it rains; in the less rainy summertime you can see young kids drinking root beer or milk, playing tetherball at local schools. Students come from all over the state, from Sequim, Puyallup, and Walla Walla Washington, to attend the biggest university in the state: UW. Some students spend their time playing squash in the gym while others mosh at concerts, doing their best not to get kicked in the head. Others run around looking for treasures hid by upperclassmen under the Quad. Students cramming together during finals often idly banter about Spring Break trips to Mexico or California. They rarely heed the advice of their parents to stay focused on their studies; instead they would rather discuss whoÕd had a better date the night before. In the spring, students leave their dorm rooms to make dandelion crowns or rant about whether or not their favorite band sang well at the concert the night before. In the fall, returning students gather to talk about what they had done over the summer, how many fields of potatoes theyÕd hoeÕd or fields of grass theyÕd hayed (if theyÕre from Eastern Washington) or how their parents had hemmed and hawed for forever before buying them a car. One popular place to gather on campus is the Husky Union Building or HUB; you can tell people are new to the area when they call it the HUD or the HUG. Freshmen can often be seen running around the dorms at night playing hide and seek or looking for entrances to the tunnels theyÕve heard exist underneath the school. ItÕs not uncommon for friends to call each other up at two in the morning, asking, ÒHowÕd you like to watch a movie?Ó Campus life in Washington is representative of life in Washington in general: relaxed and full of leisure time.
Appendix C. Word List
[note: The words are listed here in the pattern of Òsay X againÓ where X is the target word.]
Say bird again.
Say pet again.
Say bag again.
Say wash again.
Say Hudd again.
Say hurt again.
Say out again.
Say Hode again.
Say heat again.
Say aid again.
Say hide again.
Say ought again.
Say hot again.
Say had again.
Say hawed again.
Say hit again.
Say oat again.
Say heed again.
Say odd again.
Say put again.
Say hoot again.
Say hid again.
Say Ett again.
Say head again.
Say who'd again.
Say hate again.
Say hat again.
Say hood again.
Say heard again.
Say Boyd again.
Say height again.
Say hut again.
Say hoyt again.
Say how'd again.
Say mode again.
Say ore again.
Say creek again.
Say root again.
Say Washington again.
Say squash again.
Say mosh again.
Say posh again.
Say room again.
Say roof again.
Say milk again.
Say band again.
Say hand again.
Say fan again.
Say rant again.
Say sand again.
Say pant again.
Say canÕt again.
Say ban again.
Say tan again.
Say can again.
Say scary again.
Say family again.
Say bam again.
Say cram again.
Say bang again.
Say sang again.
Say banter again.
Say banner again.
Say anger again.
Say fanned again.
Say rather again.
Say Canada again.
Say trend again.
Say best again.
Say melt again.
Say pleasure again.
Say measure again.
Say feather again.
Say tether again.
Say weather again.
Say whether again.
Say together again.
Say leather again.
Say question again.
Say leisure again.
Say smelter again.
Say mature again.
Say basil again.
Say caught again.
Say cot again.
Say aunt again.
Say ant again.
Say Oregon again.
Say dandelion again.
Say Mexico again.
Say California again.
Say Sequim again.
Say Puyallup again.
Say Enumclaw again.
Appendix D.
Multiple-Choice Questions
[note: The correct answer to each question is emboldened here but will not be in the version given to the informant.]
Regional Words
1.
An olallie isÉ
a)
a type of fish
b)
a berry
c)
a bug
d)
a flowering plant
2. A
cayuse isÉ
a)
a vegetable
b)
a dish made from corn
c)
a pony
d)
a water plant
3. A
high muckamuck (or mucketymuck) isÉ
a)
a leader or boss
b)
a type of galoshes
c)
a flooding river
d)
a bit of trouble
4.
Hazelnut is another name forÉ
a)
St. JohnÕs wort
b)
pecan
c)
filbert
d)
gallstone
5. A
rhody isÉ
a)
a Rhodes Scholar
b)
someone who follows a band on tour
c)
a rhododendron
d)
a type of rodeo
Appendix E. Demographic
Questionnaire
[note: This version of the questionnaire includes point values assigned to answers to assist the investigator in determining the social network of the informant. These point values will not be listed on the version given to the informant.
Respondent Demographic and Social Network Questionnaire
1. Name
4a. How would you describe the social class of your family growing up?
Working Class Middle Class Upper Class
4b. How would you describe your social class now?
Working Class Middle Class Upper Class
5. Where
were you born? (city/town) (state)
6a. Where
do you currently live? (city/town) (state)
6b. If you have lived other places (for more than 6 continuous months/location), please list these places here:
7a. Level
of schooling completed:
Elementary Jr. High/High/GED
B.A./B.S. M.A./Ph.D.
7b. Where did you go to school?
Elementary Jr.
High
High
_____________________ Community
College
4-year
College M.A./Ph.D
8a. What
is your occupation?
8b. What
is/was your spouseÕs occupation?
8c. What
is/was your parentsÕ occupation(s)?
9. Have you studied any foreign languages? If so, please answer the following:
language(s): length of time studied:
10. How
would you describe your ethnic background?
Core family membership
1. How long have you lived in this town?
all my life (1 pt.)
most of my life. (.5 point)
less than 5 years.
Where else have you lived?
2. Does/did your motherÕs/female guardianÕs family live in this town? for a long time?
yes. How long? generations (1 pt.)
3. Does/did your fatherÕs/male guardianÕs family live in this town? for a long time?
yes. How long? generations (1 pt.)
no. We moved here in
.
4. Is/was your mother/female guardian involved in many local activities? (1 pt.)
(ex. local community groups, church, local politics, neighborhood watch, etc.)
yes. What were they?
no.
5. Is/was your father/male guardian involved in many local activities? (1 pt.)
yes. What were they?
no.
6. Is/was your grandmother involved in many local activities? (.5 pt.)
yes. What were they?
no.
7. Is/was your grandfather involved in many local activities? (.5 pt.)
yes. What were they?
no.
8. (If applicable) Has your spouseÕs family lived in this town for a long time?
yes. How long? generations (1 pt.)
no. We moved here in
.
10. Do you have close relatives (visit or talk to regularly) living in this town?
yes. Who and Where?
no. (1 pt.)
11. Do you have close relatives (visit or talk to regularly) living in other towns or states?
yes. Where?
Have you visited them? no yes I have visited several times
no. (1 pt.)
Nature of working relationships
12. Do you work in this town?
yes. (1 pt.) Where?
no. (go to 14.) Where?
13. Have you always worked in this town?
yes. (1 pt.)
no. Where else?
14. Are any of your co-workers from this town?
15. Are any of your co-workers related to you?
yes. (1 pt.)
no.
16. Do you spend time outside of work with any of your co-workers?
yes. (1 pt.)
no.
17. In your work, do you meet any people from other parts of the U.S.?
yes.
no. (1 pt.)
Voluntary Association
18. Are you involved in any social activities in this area or through your school?
yes. What?
(1 pt. for each organization)
no.
19. Do you participate in any local sports through community groups or school?
yes. What?
(1 pt. for each sport)
no.
20. Who
are your closest friends (if youÕd rather not give names, go to 20.)?
21. Do they live in this area?
yes. (1 pt.)
mostly, yes. (.5 pt.)
mostly, no.
no.
22. Do you/does your family own a car?
yes.
no. (1 pt.)
23. Where do you spend your social time (Where do you spend time with friends)? (you may give several locations)
24. Does anyone in your family have any of the following: (to establish/corroborate social class rating, above in 4)
television radio/stereo cassette player
video cassette recorder compact disk player
cellular telephone electronic mail/internet
high speed internet (cable/dsl) dvd player