Appendix A: Survey
English 1302 Language Survey
Ms. Jennifer Bowie
English 402F Mailbox #18
Thank you for your time to complete this survey. The results of this survey will included in a class project and may later result in conference and/or paper publication. With this survey, I am analyzing language use as it relates to gender. Below is a list of statements quoted from a class online discussion. Please read these statements and mark if you would classify the statement as "feminine", "masculine", or "neutral." For example, some might consider the word aggressive as "masculine," the word empathetic as "feminine," and the word door as "neutral." The statements are as they appeared except where I changed the names or wording to remove gender bias (such as removing the words "wife" or "husband," which would imply the gender of the writer). Please be honest and accurate. Your participation is voluntary and this will be kept anonymous. I have included space for contact info should you like to take place in the second part of this study, which will involve personal interviews.
Sex: (Circle one) Female or Male
Instructor: _____________________________
Name: (optional) _______________________________________
Contact info: (email or phone number also optional) ________________
Please mark only one choice (feminine, masculine, or neutral) for each statement.
|
Feminine |
Masculine |
Neutral |
Statement |
| "Is anybody going to the game tomorrow" | |||
| "yeah, the strategies were helpful, but i probably won't use them" | |||
| "I have an idea I just don't know if they will be strong enough to provide a good paper" | |||
| "Picking our own topics is a bit too general for me" | |||
| "Housekeeper has a heart attack and dies" | |||
| "before I break my foot off up ion your @**" | |||
| "If you give us something to write about we wont have to be stressing what to write about" | |||
| "yeah me too, I would rather be given a topic because sometimes I don't know what to write about" | |||
| "you are psycho" | |||
| "what happened to all the love?" | |||
| "it [the love] left when you started talking" | |||
| "Cant we all just get along" | |||
| "it ok, the emotional scars will heal after years of therapy" | |||
| "if your a moron at 18 you're not going to be any better at 21" | |||
| "I was thinking about the economic implications that marketing has on todays society" | |||
| "I'm sorry their being mean" | |||
| "i think someone farted" | |||
| "i'm not wearing any pants" | |||
| "i am happy with who i am" | |||
| "i read a few pages and got tired" | |||
| "woke up this mornin', found my significant other* was dead. i done got kicked in the head." | |||
| "yall suck" | |||
| "BE NICE" | |||
| "wow, it was difficult to contain myself" | |||
| "what is your problem FIC!!!???" | |||
| "who got #$*@ canned last night?" | |||
| "man yall are dummies" | |||
| "don't cry" | |||
| "My essay will be on how great of a student I am compared to the rest of my class" | |||
| I was a little confused | |||
| "I just got my head stuck in the bars of the playpen" | |||
| "Joe why do you think?" | |||
| "did anybody watch friends last night" | |||
| "in a protest, nothing counts against you, they meet our demands and then and only then do we go back to class" | |||
| "does anyone else have the munchies" | |||
| "I am not talking to you Dennis" | |||
| "i do, you got a problem with that" | |||
| "you sound like a little kid" | |||
| "it's cool when people tell on each other" | |||
| "i have just gone mute, deaf and blind" | |||
| "Essay B because it goes more in depth and it answers the question stating in detail the time when the person did something and felt creative" | |||
| "are you bitter about something?" | |||
| "I would tell the author of Essay A to incorporate more detail in his writing...maybe add more examples and to look at a different perspective" | |||
| "Joe needs to grow up" | |||
| "then don't worry about it being boring to this class, your audience would be ppl just like you who are interested." | |||
| "oh sorry Lee* you ran into my fist" | |||
| "yes we do, you help me and I'll help you." | |||
| "this room is really great" |
* wording changed to remove implied gender.