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Sociolinguistic Survey at Stony Brook

Author: MR
Date: Dec 9,2007

Assalam ‘Alaykum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatu

First I’d like to thank MR for letting me abuse my friendship with him and letting me use his website for to collect data for my homework. Also if you have done a paper version already you can disregard this or (for those terribly bored) you can do it again and mention that in the comments. So simply:

Please fill out to the best of your ability and honestly. It is an anonymous survey. Any extra information, you can put in the last question labeled: “Comments”. This should take somewhere between 5-10 minutes. For those that say select all that apply - keep the CRTL button down as you click in order to select multiple items.

And other questions or problems, just leave a comment!

For all intents and purposes curse words can be defined as: generally unacceptable speech; you wouldn’t use in an interview or around your parents or something similar or in a formal setting or with people you may not know

Jazakumallah!

What state is New York City in?
Are you (or were you) a student at Stony Brook?(required)
How many semesters have you been at Stony Brook? (required)
How many semesters have you considered yourself involved with the MSA?
How would you classify your level of involvement? (Select all that apply)]
Do you normally use swear words (curses or obscenities)? (required)
If Yes, how often do you think you curse?
Did you curse (use swear words or obscenities) more or less before coming to Stony Brook?(required)
Did you think cursing was an important matter(to avoid) before coming to Stony Brook?(required)
Do you take it as an important matter (to avoid) after coming to Stony Brook?(required)
Are there a set of words you consider not curses but you still control for in different settings?(required)
Do you make a distinction in usage with words that you consider normal rather than obscene [eg. ‘s-word’ vs. ‘f-word’]?(required)
Before coming to Stony Brook, would you curse (select all that apply):
Since coming to Stony Brook, would you curse(select all that apply):
Before coming to Stony Brook, would you use obscene and vulgar curses(select all that apply):
Since coming to Stony Brook, would you use obscene and vulgar curses(select all that apply):
If you speak another language, do you curse in that language regardless if you changed in English? (required)
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