Politeness Strategies
Margarita
Jenna
Rose
Object Identification Vocabulary Preference (by gender)
Amanda
Domo
Alex
Jasmine
Responses to Profanity (by generation)
Kullan
Owen
Ornella
All groups will be testing general vocabulary comprehension with the same test/task in order to establish a unifying factor across the three projects.
Our sample population is the Buxton Community.
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ReplyDelete1. The social division that we are studying is generational divide. The study will probably pertain exclusively to Buxton.
ReplyDelete2. We are studying people’s vocabulary levels relative to their frequency of usage of swear words. We will use this information to compare between generations and age groups.
3. We will look at people’s total vocabulary levels, and the frequency that they use swear words to express themselves and their emotions. Swear words will include vulgarities such as words pertaining to excrement, sexuality, and insults. We will exclude religious swears for the sake of simplicity, with the exception of more obscene swears such as “God damn it”.
4. To test people’s vocabulary levels we will have them take a test online that presents them with certain words that become progressively more difficult, in which the testers will indicate whether or not they understand the words. At the end, the test will use the information to calculate the tester’s total capacity for vocabulary. We will compare these statistics among test-takers. For the swearing portion of the study, we can engineer situations in which swearing could take place, and record different reactions to said situations. These results will also be compared between generations.
5. We don’t have a specific criteria for what exactly qualifies as a swear, so we will be forced to rely upon context and general social cues to determine the intent of the test-taker. We also need to take into consideration the fact that certain people may respond differently to the test administrator, or to any given situation that they may be presented with.
6. It is important to study because it can provide insight into various stereotypes, misconceptions, and general stigmas that are present in society, that many people may take for granted. We can also use this knowledge to gain a better general understanding of the social world we live in, which can help us become better informed and less prone to unhealthy biases.
Link to the test: http://testyourvocab.com/
We will also record the age and gender of test takers, in order to provide us with the opportunity for expanded outcomes based on our results.
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ReplyDeleteThis is the right link to the Politeness group's Proposal Outline.
50 Shades of Cobalt Proposal
ReplyDeleteSociolinguistics
Alex, Amanda, Dominique, Jasmine
Hypothesis
People with smaller vocabularies use more color words to describe an object. In addition, women use more complex color words in their descriptions of object.
Methodology
Our group will go around Buxton during meal and free periods to question people. We will attempt to sample an equal number of men and women.
Test 1:
The Subject will be presented an object and asked to examine it. Following, the subject will be told to describe the object. This process will be repeated for the other two objects. Their responses will be recorded
Test 2: The subject will be asked to fill out a sheet with their name, age, and three SAT vocabulary comprehension questions.
Predicted Outcomes
Women will use more complex color words than men and will do better on the comprehension of SAT questions.
Limitations
The subject will be recorded during their description of the objects. This may change how they respond to the questions. Also, they may wildly guess on the SAT segment if they do not know the answer, which may skew the results.