Research on Bilingual Personalities
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Printed Date: 13 June 2021 at 5:28am
Posted By: Anttoanetta
Subject: Research on Bilingual Personalities
Date Posted: 10 June 2013 at 9:41pm
I'm a student conducting a research for my MA thesis entitled "Personality Variations in L2 Use" and I'd like to invite anyone interested in participating to do so by downloading the survey here: http://www.2shared.com/document/8kmwAi1f/Survey.html , filling it in and sending it back to me (details are in the file). I'll be collecting data till July 3 2013. Those eager and willing, yet afraid of downloads (I've met a few), can send me their e-mail address and I'll send them the survey directly. :)
Also I'd like to express my gratitude in advance to those who do participate! :D
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Very interesting but I'm too split between Russian/Finnish/English, with the last one being the least important for ME but the main language of my online life. I've also "messed it up" a lot by conscious decisions, and I dream in various languages too.
I definitely feel bicultural with Russian/Finnish, though.
Serpent on 11 June 2013
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You have picked an interesting topic for your thesis and I will be happy to do the survey, as soon as I find a moment to do so. I just need to decide which two languages to choose. English is a given, but I am not sure whether to go with Spanish (which I use the most in private) or French (which I use a lot at work).
Ogrim on 11 June 2013
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Serpent, in that case, it would be more interesting if you did the survey for
Russian/Finnish. It would also add to the number of languages involved. If you don't mind
me saying - English is sometimes overrated ;)
Ogrim, if Spanish is for you more personal i.e. private (as you've pointed out in
brackets), I'd give it a shot rather then French. The main theme here is personality,
after all, and how else to investigate it if not through personal, private experiences?
:)
Anttoanetta on 11 June 2013
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I didn't read the survey, but it seems to imply that a person can self-evaluate changes in their personality or behaviour depending on the language they speak. I think that would be a pretty ambitious claim.
Arekkusu on 11 June 2013
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Previous researches have already proved the occasional occurence of the phenomenon (if
interested, see e.g. Pavlenko), I'm only investigating the frequency of it and also
trying to find a pattern.
The reason why I chose the topic is because I've felt changes in my own personality, so
for me it's more than an ambitious claim. However, the results will show the public's
general opinion on it.
Anttoanetta on 11 June 2013
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I'm not questioning the existence of the phenomenon, but the ability of people to meaningfully evaluate the changes in themselves. But as I said, I didn't read the survey questions (can't access now), so my comment may not be relevant.
Arekkusu on 11 June 2013
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I'm a linguist, not a psychoanalyst, so a deep evaluation of self isn't necessary. You'll see once you read it =)
Anttoanetta on 14 June 2013
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Anttoanetta wrote:
Serpent, in that case, it would be more interesting if you did the survey for
Russian/Finnish. It would also add to the number of languages involved. If you don't mind
me saying -Â English is sometimes overrated ;) |
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it iiis :P
does it matter which other languages I list? (what, only four? :P) Shall I list the most important ones or the best or what? Shall I include Croatian? :))) ♥ is it fine to exclude English? :D
PS I think the most important way the language influences us is the vocabulary, but not just the way you describe - the various distinctions and generalizations remain in your brain even when you're speaking your native language. They're available when you want to describe something to yourself with more precision than your native language (or the language you happen to be thinking in) allows. in this sense Indonesian is very important with its inclusive/exclusive "we".
Serpent on 14 June 2013
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If the existing table isn't enough for you, feel free to spread it, or add another one if you like :P
And I completely agree with the 'PS' part.
Looking forward to your answers! :D
Anttoanetta on 14 June 2013
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Anttoanetta, the download doesn't work for me. Could you send me the survey via e-mail?
Zireael on 15 June 2013
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Of course, send me a pm with your mail address :)
Anttoanetta on 16 June 2013
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New deadline for data collection: July 8. There's still time to participate, people! :)
Anttoanetta on 27 June 2013
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You'll have a survey from me in a moment. Sorry it's taken me so long, I've been swamped with exams...
Zireael on 28 June 2013
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Is it still fine to send one later today?
Serpent on 08 July 2013
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Dear everyone, don't worry about that deadline, I got caught up with other responsibilities so I'm only starting the analysis...
Feel free to send it whenever, I'll still be interested in it even after I get my M.A. :D
Anttoanetta on 08 July 2013
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Normally I would participate in this kind of study so I'll download the form if it is not too late.
shk00design on 04 November 2013
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LOL
I wrote the thesis over the summer and graduated a month ago, so I guess it is rather late :P
Anttoanetta on 04 November 2013
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