a university project

[kranz]

Hi
To cut long story short I need your help. To be precise I need sth like 12 native speakers(English) who would take part in a project called "A cross-cultural investigation of speech act realization patterns". No personal data is collected except for the country of origin. The project is to show differences between the way requests are made. Since I failed to put the .doc file I'm putting the examples below. Those of you who would like to take part have to write their answers below each question. You can either share it here or send a text file to me (p_kranz@wp.pl (p_kranz@wp.pl)) The project is also for non-native speakers so "feel free to help". Tbh you are kinda my last resort to get the credit...Thanks
1.You are a witness of a very serious car accident. You give first aid and you see a group of gathering people. You do not have a cell phone to call the ambulance and you must ask someone to do it.
2.You see a teenager littering at the front of your house. Take a verbal action.
3. You sit in a restaurant. Suddenly you smell gas. Warn the guests and the staff.
4. You work in a company and you have to take 2 additional days off though you have done it twice this month. Ask your boss.
5. You stay at you grandmother who is a bit deaf. She is watching a TV program and disturbs you in learning. React.

[SteamWake]

Oh I know a couple of guys who will be all over this !

Good luck ! :salute:

[Torvald Von Mansee]

FYI, I'm American.

1.You are a witness of a very serious car accident. You give first aid and you see a group of gathering people. You do not have a cell phone to call the ambulance and you must ask someone to do it.

"Someone call 911!!!"

2.You see a teenager littering at the front of your house. Take a verbal action.

"Hey, you little ****, what do you think you're doing?!?!?!? Pick that up or I'll kick your ass!!!" (I probably wouldn't actually notice unless it was right in my face, though)

3. You sit in a restaurant. Suddenly you smell gas. Warn the guests and the staff.

"Hey, everybody, I think I smell gas!!!" (in reality, I'd probably just tell the waiter)

4. You work in a company and you have to take 2 additional days off though you have done it twice this month. Ask your boss.

"Hey, Charles, something came up. Could I get another two days off?"

5. You stay at you grandmother who is a bit deaf. She is watching a TV program and disturbs you in learning. React.

I'd just stick something in my ears, or move to a different room, or go outside. And both of my grandmothers are actually dead.

[mookiemookie]

Hi
To cut long story short I need your help. To be precise I need sth like 12 native speakers(English) who would take part in a project called "A cross-cultural investigation of speech act realization patterns". No personal data is collected except for the country of origin. The project is to show differences between the way requests are made. Since I failed to put the .doc file I'm putting the examples below. Those of you who would like to take part have to write their answers below each question. You can either share it here or send a text file to me (p_kranz@wp.pl (p_kranz@wp.pl)) The project is also for non-native speakers so "feel free to help". Tbh you are kinda my last resort to get the credit...Thanks
1.You are a witness of a very serious car accident. You give first aid and you see a group of gathering people. You do not have a cell phone to call the ambulance and you must ask someone to do it.
2.You see a teenager littering at the front of your house. Take a verbal action.
3. You sit in a restaurant. Suddenly you smell gas. Warn the guests and the staff.
4. You work in a company and you have to take 2 additional days off though you have done it twice this month. Ask your boss.
5. You stay at you grandmother who is a bit deaf. She is watching a TV program and disturbs you in learning. React.

1. Someone call 911 right now!
2. Hey, pick that sh** up!
3. I smell gas. We should get out of here.
4. If it's alright with you, I need to take two days off to (insert reason here)
5. Grandma, is it okay if we turn this down a bit so I can study?

[AVGWarhawk]

1.You are a witness of a very serious car accident. You give first aid and you see a group of gathering people. You do not have a cell phone to call the ambulance and you must ask someone to do it.
2.You see a teenager littering at the front of your house. Take a verbal action.
3. You sit in a restaurant. Suddenly you smell gas. Warn the guests and the staff.
4. You work in a company and you have to take 2 additional days off though you have done it twice this month. Ask your boss.
5. You stay at you grandmother who is a bit deaf. She is watching a TV program and disturbs you in learning. React.


1. "Call 911 and give them you best guess on our location." I had to do this once after I was first on a car accident scene.

2. "Dude, I do not throw trash on your lawn. Pick it up and find a trash can."

3. "I smell natural gas. You might want to consider evacuation of the building."

4. "Chief, I need another two days off this month."

5. I would get up and go to another room for quiet study. Let granny have her TV in her golden years.

[Schroeder]

Since it is a"cross-cultural investigation of speech act realization patterns" are the non native English speaking people supposed to answer in English as well or do you need their replies in their native languages? (I know that that is very unlikely but I thought I ask it anyway.:D)

[TarJak]

1. Could someone call 000 immediately? (911 won't work were I live).:D
2. OI! Pick that up! Would you do that on your lawn?
3. I think I smell gas. I think we should evacuate the restaurant.
4. If it's OK with you, I need to take another couple of days off to do (insert reason).
5. If it were impossible to move elsewhere I'd say something like this: "Nan, can we turn the telly down a bit please? I need to study and it's disturbing me.

I'm from Australia.

[Snestorm]

The project is also for non-native speakers so "feel free to help". Tbh you are kinda my last resort to get the credit...Thanks[/COLOR]
1.You are a witness of a very serious car accident. You give first aid and you see a group of gathering people. You do not have a cell phone to call the ambulance and you must ask someone to do it.
2.You see a teenager littering at the front of your house. Take a verbal action.
3. You sit in a restaurant. Suddenly you smell gas. Warn the guests and the staff.
4. You work in a company and you have to take 2 additional days off though you have done it twice this month. Ask your boss.
5. You stay at you grandmother who is a bit deaf. She is watching a TV program and disturbs you in learning. React.

Last resort, I guess:
First language = danish.
Second Language = english (US).
Location, for the time, is USA.

1: You! Call an ambulance, NOW!
2: Pick it up, NOW!
3: I smell propane.
4: May I ask for an additional 2 days?
5: As I am only a guest, I have no say in the matter.

I hope this was helpful.

[Letum]

I'm a native English speaker from the uk

Here we go:
1) Somebody needs to ring an ambulance; who has a mobile?
2) Hey, can you take that with you please.
3) Can anyone else smell gas?
4) I'm awfully sorry Mike, but I need to ask for another two days off this month.
5) A bit loud isn't it? (whilsy nodding towards the telly)

[Sledgehammer427]

1.You are a witness of a very serious car accident. You give first aid and you see a group of gathering people. You do not have a cell phone to call the ambulance and you must ask someone to do it.
2.You see a teenager littering at the front of your house. Take a verbal action.
3. You sit in a restaurant. Suddenly you smell gas. Warn the guests and the staff.
4. You work in a company and you have to take 2 additional days off though you have done it twice this month. Ask your boss.
5. You stay at you grandmother who is a bit deaf. She is watching a TV program and disturbs you in learning. React.

I am 18 and although I always carry a cell, I will assume I left it on the charger. Imagine a deadpan northwest Illinois accent, with a little bit of the east coast thrown in there from spending a lot of my time there since I was 7.

1. Does anyone have a cellphone? We need an ambulance here now!
2. (oh my, I am a teenager) Aey! Dude! You! Yeah, you! Pick up your friggin' trash!
3. Ahem, waiter? I smell gas in the place, could you let the manager or the supervisor know?
4. Sir, I know I'm stretching it, but I'm going to need another couple days off. (I assume, for posterity's sake there's a legitimate reason behind this)
5. Uh, Grandma? Can you please turn down the TV? I got a bit of studying to do, but when I'm finished you can play it as loud as you want. Do you need anything while I'm up?

[kranz]

Since it is a"cross-cultural investigation of speech act realization patterns" are the non native English speaking people supposed to answer in English as well or do you need their replies in their native languages? (I know that that is very unlikely but I thought I ask it anyway.:D)


In English. The project we(my and my friend)took as an example was made in several native languages: English, Hebrew, German etc but those Ph.D geeks had people who translated them the answers. Any we had only google translator which is kinda NOT a Ph.D in that matters...

[Letum]

You might, if you haven't already, want to consider the difference between
what people write down and what they actually say when the situation arises.

I'm not saying anyone is disingenuous, but there is bound to be a difference.

[Snestorm]

You might, if you haven't already, want to consider the difference between
what people write down and what they actually say when the situation arises.

I'm not saying anyone is disingenuous, but there is bound to be a difference.

Very true.
People tend to be more instinctive when speaking, and logical when writting.

[Schroeder]

So here is my "German" version:
1.You are a witness of a very serious car accident. You give first aid and you see a group of gathering people. You do not have a cell phone to call the ambulance and you must ask someone to do it.
Would someone of you please stop standing around and call an ambulance?! (said with polite words but an angry tone to it.)

2.You see a teenager littering at the front of your house. Take a verbal action.
Hey, you have lost something! (in an ironic tone)

3. You sit in a restaurant. Suddenly you smell gas. Warn the guests and the staff.
Excuse me, I smell gas here! Does anyone else too?

4. You work in a company and you have to take 2 additional days off though you have done it twice this month. Ask your boss.
Sir, I know I have already taken 4 days off this month but I'm afraid I need two additional days. (I have some very pressing private business to do that can't be postponed.)

5. You stay at you grandmother who is a bit deaf. She is watching a TV program and disturbs you in learning. React.

Grandma, would you please turn down the volume a little? It is impossible for me to learn like this.

[SteamWake]

You might, if you haven't already, want to consider the difference between
what people write down and what they actually say when the situation arises.

I'm not saying anyone is disingenuous, but there is bound to be a difference.

Indubitably :haha:

[kranz]

You might, if you haven't already, want to consider the difference between
what people write down and what they actually say when the situation arises.

I'm not saying anyone is disingenuous, but there is bound to be a difference.


People tend to be more instinctive when speaking, and logical when writting.

Yeah, I know what you mean. Before we started we had to tell the guy which method of data collecting we are going to use. A "written test" has many drawbacks- you know that it is only a test etc so no real emotions can be considered as a deciding factor. Though this way of gathering "speech acts" is by far the easiest one. The rest of my group decided to perform similar test only among Polish speakers and in Polish which made me like: "Doh, I'm a hardcore..." A year ago there was a team who dropped a pen in public places noting down their reactions. Kinda interesting but impossible to perform among English natives.

[Oberon]

Location = UK (England)
Primary Language = English
Languages used to mutter under your breath at people: German, French, Japanese


1.You are a witness of a very serious car accident. You give first aid and you see a group of gathering people. You do not have a cell phone to call the ambulance and you must ask someone to do it.
2.You see a teenager littering at the front of your house. Take a verbal action.
3. You sit in a restaurant. Suddenly you smell gas. Warn the guests and the staff.
4. You work in a company and you have to take 2 additional days off though you have done it twice this month. Ask your boss.
5. You stay at you grandmother who is a bit deaf. She is watching a TV program and disturbs you in learning. React.

1. "Someone get an ambulance!"
2. "Oi! D'ya mind?!"
3. "You smell gas?"
4. "Is there any possibility of getting another two days off, I know I've already had four and if I had a choice I wouldn't but it's rather important. I'll work extra if needed to cover it."
5. I wouldn't react.

As people who have heard me on Teamspeak will tell you, I normally speak quite quietly but I can shout like a true South of the River fruit stall owner if needed ;) I've always thought of my accent as South Londonish although I come from Kent. I usually start sentances with strangers with " 'scuse me mate?" Everyone is 'mate'. Strange how things go like that, but I find that a more London based accent puts people more at ease than a rather posh accent which I can also do which tends to put people on guard, myself included :haha:

[Letum]

A year ago there was a team who dropped a pen in public places noting down their reactions. Kinda interesting but impossible to perform among English natives.

I'm up for dropping pens in public places and making notes for you.
Sounds mildly entertaining.

[Shearwater]

I'm up for dropping pants in public places and making notes for you.
Sounds mildly entertaining.

Fixed.

[Letum]

Fixed.

I approve of this change.
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[CaptainHaplo]

1.You are a witness of a very serious car accident. You give first aid and you see a group of gathering people. You do not have a cell phone to call the ambulance and you must ask someone to do it.

One of you call 911 yet?

2.You see a teenager littering at the front of your house. Take a verbal action.

What the ell, dude. Pick it up or I feed it to ya.

3. You sit in a restaurant. Suddenly you smell gas. Warn the guests and the staff.

I would call over the waiter or host/hostess and simply note the odor - "There is a rather strong odor of propane. I think you may have a gas leak, might want to have everyone leave calmly until its found."

4. You work in a company and you have to take 2 additional days off though you have done it twice this month. Ask your boss.

"Man, I hate it, but I have to jet for a couple of days. Something has come up."

*Never ASK in such a situation - if you HAVE to take the days, make it a declaration. This says simply that there is no choice and no arguement, and you realize that there may be repercussions, but you must do what you must. This puts the "boss" in the position of having to either state what those repercussions are, which you respond with "I know, gotta do it though", or more often, they will ask "can't you just wait till the weekend?" or some such nonsense. At that point, who has the reigns? Just a word of advice*

5. You stay at you grandmother who is a bit deaf. She is watching a TV program and disturbs you in learning. React.

Her house - she has a right to watch the tv as loud as she needs given her hearing. If it was too loud just to have it loud then a request to have it turned down would not be uncouth - but knowing she has hearing issues, I either find a quieter place to study in the home, or leave to find one.

[Rockin Robbins]

Hi
1.You are a witness of a very serious car accident. You give first aid and you see a group of gathering people. You do not have a cell phone to call the ambulance and you must ask someone to do it.
2.You see a teenager littering at the front of your house. Take a verbal action.
3. You sit in a restaurant. Suddenly you smell gas. Warn the guests and the staff.
4. You work in a company and you have to take 2 additional days off though you have done it twice this month. Ask your boss.
5. You stay at you grandmother who is a bit deaf. She is watching a TV program and disturbs you in learning. React.

1: We have an emergency! Would someone call 911 NOW and hand me your phone, please?

2: <click> You know, Tommy, in my haste I forgot whether I remembered to load this revolver or not... Would you fancy a few MORE holes in that pretty face of yours?

3: EXCUSE ME! Does anyone else smell gas in here?

4: Boss, my brother is dying again. I really need to take two more days off to go to the funeral again.

5: Her house, her rules. I move.

[SgtPotato]

1. Hey, call 911 because we got woman drivers here.

2. Son, I have a friend who are Native American and you better pick it up before he shed a tear.

3. Whoa, someone ate a load of beans! Somebody bring out the lighter and see what will happen!

4. Give me two day off or I will tell everyone that you're having an affair with your secretary!

5.
http://images.encyclopediadramatica.com/images/f/f1/Trollface_HD.jpg
"Problem, Grandma?"

I'm bored.

[magic452]

1.You are a witness of a very serious car accident. You give first aid and you see a group of gathering people. You do not have a cell phone to call the ambulance and you must ask someone to do it.

Someone call 911 this man needs help now!


2 You see a teenager littering at the front of your house. Take a verbal action..

“What the hell are you doing, pick that up and here is a trash can.”
Stern but not too strong.


3. You sit in a restaurant. Suddenly you smell gas. Warn the guests and the staff

Ask your table mates if they smell it also and if so tell the waiter or others that we smell gas and everyone should leave the restaurant.

4. You work in a company and you have to take 2 additional days off though you have done it twice this month. Ask your boss.

Would depend on who the boss is. If some I respected I would give him my best reasons and why it is important. Other wise would no doubt make up some thing drastic.

5. You stay at you grandmother who is a bit deaf. She is watching a TV program and disturbs you in learning. React.

It’s her house, go to another room!

Magic

[Jimbuna]

1. Can someone with a mobile ring for an ambulance straight away.

2. Hey Dick.....pick that up now or you'll be the next piece of crap littering the pavement.

3. I believe I can smell gas, everyone should consider leaving the building.

4. I'm extremely sorry but I need another couple of days off.

6. I'm sorry Gran but would you mind if we turn the sound down a little.

[nikimcbee]

1. Can someone with a mobile ring for an ambulance straight away.

2. Hey Dick.....pick that up now or you'll be the next piece of crap littering the pavement.

3. I believe I can smell gas, everyone should consider leaving the building.

4. I'm extremely sorry but I need another couple of days off.

6. I'm sorry Gran but would you mind if we turn the sound down a little.

I'll translate: (sorry I couldn't resist:D)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSHHbfY6MVc&feature=related

[Jimbuna]

Hey gan canny little fella :DL

http://www.geordie.org.uk/