The Use of Slang in YouTube Comments Under Ceremonial Speech Videos.

This questionnaire was made by Diana Tomakh – a 2nd-year bachelor’s student of New Media Languages at Kaunas University of Technology. The questionnaire answers will be used in the research work – ”The Use of Slang in Comments on YouTube According to Ceremonial Speech Videos". This research aims to analyze how people communicate among certain discourse communities, depending on comments, reactions, and what communication etiquette rules they are following. The survey is anonymous but you always can contact me by email ([email protected]) to cancel your provided information. Thank you for your time in completing this questionnaire.

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  2. i don't know what i should write here, so i'm glad to help.

1. Your gender?

2. Your age?

3. What is your native language?

  1. nl
  2. arabic
  3. ukrainian
  4. french
  5. mandarin
  6. greek
  7. 阿拉伯语
  8. romanian
  9. 阿拉伯语
  10. spanish
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4. Do you use slang words or phrases in your daily conversation? (For example: "Leave it out"; "Hunky-dory" etc.)

5. Do you use slang words or phrases in media comments?

6. How often do you use numbers in words in written text? (For example: l8 = late, M8 = mate, 4 = for, 2 = too, db8 = debate)

7. Select the amount you agree or disagree with each of the following statements:

8. It's important to me that...:

9. Choose what is closer to you:

10. What slang words or phrases/shortened words/words with numbers do you use and why?

  1. i don't know, why, what's up, zooming. reason: "spoken language"
  2. i don't know why, but american states sometimes just invent new shortened words by removing a character. for me, it's better, easier, and faster.
  3. i don't know, for you, i don't know, you, it's just faster to write.
  4. i rarely use it.
  5. -
  6. b4, 4, 2, idk, lol, xd i just use them, there is no specific reason.
  7. for you, later, to be true, forever. i use them because they're funny.
  8. today. easy one and understandable.
  9. omg and lol, it's easier to write three letters instead of the whole exclamation.
  10. university, phone. that’s pretty much it.
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11. If you don't use any of them, please provide your reason(s), or provide information about what communication etiquette rules you are following:

  1. i don't usually use them in my own language (french) because i like speaking a "correct" language, but when it comes to english, i don't mind that much, maybe because that's how i learn the language. learning it through people speaking, i'm used to slang and if i don't really use them, i'm okay with it!
  2. i don’t know much of it.
  3. i try to maintain formal language, and by that, i mean i’m trying as much as possible to use a good vocabulary and not abbreviations of words.
  4. i just deliver information and i usually type fast, so i don’t have an issue, i guess.
  5. don't like
  6. etiquette
  7. i'm not following any; it just doesn't come naturally to me.
  8. you just have to know where you shouldn't use any of the contractions.
  9. i simply don't like using them that much because it doesn't feel natural to me when writing.
  10. i don't speak english well, but i'm trying to improve it.
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