Help on dissertation survey concerning personal names
Автор темы: Olena Shestakova
Olena Shestakova
Olena Shestakova
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Aug 25, 2009

Hello everyone!

I'm writing a research paper focused on personal names in cognitive linguistics, I would really appreciate if you answered my questionnaire (see the link below). It will take you just several minutes.
I'll keep you informed on the acquired results, so it’s well worth participating in the survey to get hold of my insight and analysis afterwards. Hope for your cooperation.

Questionnaire Link is here
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Hello everyone!

I'm writing a research paper focused on personal names in cognitive linguistics, I would really appreciate if you answered my questionnaire (see the link below). It will take you just several minutes.
I'll keep you informed on the acquired results, so it’s well worth participating in the survey to get hold of my insight and analysis afterwards. Hope for your cooperation.

Questionnaire Link is here:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=0NDAi151eT5IRVNT9zDWzQ_3d_3d

Thank you in advance,
Best regards,
Yelena
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andreasnoah
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Ready! Aug 25, 2009

Ready!

 
Laureana Pavon
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МОДЕРАТОР
Survey complete Aug 25, 2009

Sounds interesting.
Let us know your conclusions!

[Edited at 2009-08-26 15:57 GMT]


 
Tina Vonhof (X)
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Explanation Aug 25, 2009

Could you provide a little more explanation of what your research and the survey is about? "Focused on personal names in cognitive linguistics" - what does that mean?

 
Maksym Kozub
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A minor bug in one question Aug 25, 2009

I have answered there, but I have also noticed something which probably needs some improvement. In the question on ways of addressing people, it is possible to write something s "Other", but you still have to select one of the "fixed" options, otherwise you cannot complete the survey. As you can see from my answer under "Other" ("It depends on the language, the person's age, etc.)", no one option actually fits there in my case, so I think you may want to add "Other" as a separate option (i.e. an... See more
I have answered there, but I have also noticed something which probably needs some improvement. In the question on ways of addressing people, it is possible to write something s "Other", but you still have to select one of the "fixed" options, otherwise you cannot complete the survey. As you can see from my answer under "Other" ("It depends on the language, the person's age, etc.)", no one option actually fits there in my case, so I think you may want to add "Other" as a separate option (i.e. another round-shaped button) there, not only as a free-form text field.Collapse


 
Parrot
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Something's wrong Aug 26, 2009

I can't get beyond the 2nd page.

 
Md Abu Alam
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interisting Aug 26, 2009

Hi Lena,

Your research topic is interesting. I'd like to know more about it. I think you haven't included an important factor- culture in your questionnaire. Besides, you have taken a very wide range of age group. Wish you success in the research.

Best regards,
Alam

[Edited at 2009-08-26 03:42 GMT]


 
Hanbing
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Comments Aug 26, 2009

Hello Lena,

I appreciate how straightforward and clean your survey is. But I do second Alam on the factors missing: culture is certainly one of them, and social and contextual factors. If you read into sociolinguistics, personal names and address terms are very separate research topics. A seminal publication on address terms is the distinction between tu terms and vous terms, and the factors of solidarity and power relationships. Personal names are so culture-specific that I do look
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Hello Lena,

I appreciate how straightforward and clean your survey is. But I do second Alam on the factors missing: culture is certainly one of them, and social and contextual factors. If you read into sociolinguistics, personal names and address terms are very separate research topics. A seminal publication on address terms is the distinction between tu terms and vous terms, and the factors of solidarity and power relationships. Personal names are so culture-specific that I do look forward to how your analysis comes out. In China, people strive at a meaning in personal names, best wishes for a baby, allusions to literature or historical figures, rhythm, calligraphy, uniqueness, and so on and so forth. Names may be professionally given by people who can read into a person's date of birth, horoscope type of information, and so forth. Chinese names are so creative that they may demand a full-scale dedicated study.

Best wishes for your study,
Cuijun
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Tomás Cano Binder, BA, CT
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Why I don't feel very inclined to answer research surveys Aug 26, 2009

All surveys and all people doing surveys (I mean all surveys mentioned and advertised via Proz and similar websites over the last decade) say that they "will keep you informed on the acquired results". This has never been true in the approximately 10-12 surveys about translation and related topics I have answered over the last decade.

What makes the results so shameful that they are never published/never transmitted to respondents?

Please Lena, make sure that you DO sen
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All surveys and all people doing surveys (I mean all surveys mentioned and advertised via Proz and similar websites over the last decade) say that they "will keep you informed on the acquired results". This has never been true in the approximately 10-12 surveys about translation and related topics I have answered over the last decade.

What makes the results so shameful that they are never published/never transmitted to respondents?

Please Lena, make sure that you DO send your results to respondents... and make a difference!
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Phillippa May Bennett
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Has the survey come to an end? Aug 26, 2009

Hi,

I can't access the survey at the moment - is it still available?


 
Olena Shestakova
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Survey is temporarily over Aug 27, 2009

First of all, I'd like to thank all those who have responded and taken part in the survey, I've got lots of interesting ideas, so thank you most cordially.

This very survey was designed to answer general issues concerning personal names, not taking into account the cultural and some other points of view, though it IS really important to me, and I will enlighten this factor further.

Regards,
Yelena


 
Tomás Cano Binder, BA, CT
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Have you sent out the results? Aug 27, 2009

Did you send the results to the respondents or are planning to do so? When?

Please do not say I was right! :-/


 


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