Princeton Program in Linguistics

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LEGAL INFORMATION:
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We invite you to participate in a short research study on language production and comprehension. In this study, you will be asked to make a few judgements about English sentences in conversations. The study will take approximately 4 to 5 minutes to complete.

There are no risks or benefits of any kind involved in this study. You will be paid for your participation at the posted rate. If you have read this form and have decided to participate in this experiment, please understand your participation is voluntary and you have the right to withdraw your consent or discontinue participation at any time without penalty or loss of benefits to which you are otherwise entitled. You have the right to refuse to do particular tasks. Your individual privacy will be maintained in all published and written data resulting from the study. You do not waive any legal rights or release Princeton University, its agents, or the investigator from liability for negligence. You may print this form for your records.

If you have any questions, please contact the principal investigator at sunwooj@princeton.edu.







In this experiment, you will be making judgements after reading 4 cartoons that involve two people talking.

For each cartoon, the questions will be asked in two parts: one before revealing the previous context, and one after revealing it.

Whenever a word is CAPITALIZED in the cartoon, it means that the speaker in the cartoon emphasized the word in her/his pronunciation.

This is a psychology experiment requiring undivided attention on your part. Please devote your attention solely to this task and read carefully. We will check to make sure that everything was read. Thanks for your participation!


Situation {{}} out of 4
(Part {{}} out of 2)

Please take a look at the dialogue below and answer a few questions. Preceding parts of the cartoon, which are hidden, have been labelled (1) and (2). Suppose that the preceding context was as revealed below. Please answer a few more questions.

  
  
   

Q1: Given what you saw above, how likely is the following statement?

{{}} thinks that {{}}.

            Not at all likely Extremely likely        
            (0) (100)        

(Drag or click the sliders to left or right.)


Q2: Given what you saw above, how likely is the following statement?

In (2), before {{}} spoke, {{}} indicated or implied that {{}}.

            Not at all likely Extremely likely        
            (0) (100)        

(Drag or click the sliders to left or right.)

Please commit to your responses as you cannot come back to this section after clicking on continue.

Q3: Given what you saw above, how likely is the following statement?

In (1), before {{}} spoke, {{}} believed that {{}}.

            Not at all likely Extremely likely        
            (0) (100)        

(Drag or click the sliders to left or right.)

Q4: How surprised does {{}} sound at the end of the cartoon?

            Not at all surprised Extremely surprised        
            (0) (100)        

(Drag or click the sliders to left or right.)

Q5: How angry does {{}} sound at the end of the cartoon?

            Not at all angry Extremely angry        
            (0) (100)        

(Drag or click the sliders to left or right.)

(Optional) Any additional comments?

Situation {{}} out of 4

You are done with the main experiment. As a final step, we ask that you fill out the following brief exit questionnaire.


1. Are you a native speaker of American English?
Yes
No
Please list any other languages that you speak fluently.

2. What is your age?
18-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
60+

3. How would you describe your gender?
Male
Female
Non-binary
Other:

4. How would you describe your racial/ethnic identity?
African American
Asian American
Caucasian
Latina/o/x
Native American
Other:

5. Where would you say you grew up? (In other words: what is your hometown?)
Outside the US
Outside the contiguous 48 states
New England
The Mid-Atlantic / Northeast Corridor (greater DC, Philadelphia, NY)
The Midwest / The Great Lakes
Appalachia / The South
The Southwest
The Rockies
The West Coast
Other:

(Optional) 6. Any other comments about the questions above or the general experiment?


You're done with the experiment. Thanks so much for participating!