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=====About the questionnaire===== | =====About the questionnaire===== | ||
- | During the data collection, i.e. while the SMS of the main corpus were collected, the informants were also asked to fill in a questionnaire, | + | During the data collection, i.e. while the SMS of the main corpus were collected, the informants were also asked to fill in a questionnaire, |
=====Data Privacy===== | =====Data Privacy===== | ||
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=====Original questionnaires (as PDF)===== | =====Original questionnaires (as PDF)===== | ||
- | The questionnaires were available in four languages ( {{ : | + | The questionnaires were available in four languages ( {{ : |
=====Questions asked===== | =====Questions asked===== | ||
If you are interested in the exact wording of the questions, please check the documents in the original questionnaires above. | If you are interested in the exact wording of the questions, please check the documents in the original questionnaires above. | ||
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+ | In this documentation, | ||
====General information==== | ====General information==== | ||
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**Age** The age is given as a number for the age of the person at the moment they filled in the form. | **Age** The age is given as a number for the age of the person at the moment they filled in the form. | ||
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**Mother tongue(s)** The mother tongue(s) as they were given. More than one option possible. It was possible to list other languages than the ones offered as a selection (Standard German, French, Italian, Romansh and Swissgerman Dialect). If the informants typed in other languges, they get listed in the person data but not in the Frequency Distribution. | **Mother tongue(s)** The mother tongue(s) as they were given. More than one option possible. It was possible to list other languages than the ones offered as a selection (Standard German, French, Italian, Romansh and Swissgerman Dialect). If the informants typed in other languges, they get listed in the person data but not in the Frequency Distribution. | ||
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**Other languages spoken** Other languages spoken at home and in public. For both fields, more than one options are possible. It was possible to list other languages than the ones offered as a selection (Standard German, French, Italian, Romansh and Swissgerman Dialect). If the informants typed in other languges, they get listed in the person data but not in the Frequency Distribution. | **Other languages spoken** Other languages spoken at home and in public. For both fields, more than one options are possible. It was possible to list other languages than the ones offered as a selection (Standard German, French, Italian, Romansh and Swissgerman Dialect). If the informants typed in other languges, they get listed in the person data but not in the Frequency Distribution. | ||
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* Bachelor or above for informants answering Hochschulabschluss, | * Bachelor or above for informants answering Hochschulabschluss, | ||
- | Occupation The informants' | + | **Occupation** The informants' |
- | Student for informants answering SchülerIn/ | + | |
- | Services sector for informants answering Dienstleistungsbereich; | + | |
- | Industrial sector for informants answering Industrie or Industria | + | |
- | Craft/trade for informants answering Gewerbe; Artisanat or commercio | + | |
- | Home/work postcode/ | + | |
- | SMS usage | + | |
- | SMS Use in years The informant was asked, for how many years he has been using SMS. A selection was presented: | + | **Home/work postcode/ |
+ | ====SMS usage==== | ||
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+ | **SMS Use in years** The informant was asked, for how many years he has been using SMS. A selection was presented: | ||
less than a year | less than a year | ||
- | 1-3 years | + | * 1-3 years |
- | 3-5 years | + | |
- | more than 5 years | + | |
- | SMS sent per week The informant was asked, how many SMS he sends out in an average week. A selection was presented: | + | **SMS sent per week** The informant was asked, how many SMS he sends out in an average week. A selection was presented: |
- | less than 5 | + | |
- | 5-10 | + | |
- | 10-20 | + | |
- | 20-50 | + | |
- | 50-100 | + | |
- | more than 100 | + | |
- | Use of T9 The informant was asked whether he uses his mobile phone' | + | **Use of T9** The informant was asked whether he uses his mobile phone' |
- | E-mail, chat, forum use | + | ====E-mail, chat, forum use==== |
- | The informant was asked whether he uses any of these media communication forms: email, chat, forum. | + | The informant was asked whether he uses any of these media communication forms: |
Possible answers were: | Possible answers were: | ||
- | n/a for no answer | + | * n/a for no answer |
- | never | + | |
- | rarely | + | |
- | frequently | + | |
- | very frequently | + | |
- | Sending SMS from Web The informant was asked whether he sends SMS from the Web. Possible answers were: | + | |
- | n/a for no answer | + | |
- | never | + | **Sending SMS from Web** The informant was asked whether he sends SMS from the Web. Possible answers were: |
- | rarely | + | |
- | frequently | + | |
- | very frequently | + | |
- | Recipients The informant was asked whom his SMS were addressed to. Possible answers: | + | |
- | Friends | + | |
- | Colleagues (work) | + | |
- | Family | + | **Recipients** The informant was asked whom his SMS were addressed to. Possible answers: |
- | Games, contests etc. | + | |
- | a free field others. | + | |
- | Manner of Writing The informant was asked to shortly describe the way he uses SMS. Since this is free text, the answers can be seen in the person data, but cannot be evaluated in the Frequency Distribution. | + | |
- | Reading and writing habits | + | |
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- | Weekly reading time in hours The informant was asked how many hours he spends reading per day in his spare time as well as professionally, | ||
- | Kind of Reading The informant was asked which texttypes he reads. Possible answers: | ||
- | newspapers | ||
- | comics | ||
- | web pages | ||
- | books | ||
- | a free field others. This field is displayed after the list in the person data, but not available in the Frequency Distribution | ||
- | Writing by hand | ||
- | The informant was asked whether he writes by hand in his spare time or in his job. Possible answers were yes or no. | ||
- | Kind of Writing If the informant writes by hand, he was asked what type of texts he produces by hand. Possible answers: | ||
- | notes | ||
- | letters | ||
- | diary | ||
- | a free field others. This field is displayed after the list in the person data, but not available in the Frequency Distribution | ||
- | Frequency If the informant writes by hand, he was asked how often. Possible answers: | ||
- | n/a for no answer | ||
- | never | ||
- | rarely | ||
- | frequently | ||
- | very frequently | ||
- | Switching and mixing languages | ||
- | Switching languages depending on recipient The informant was asked whether he switches languages depending of the recipient. Possible answers were yes or no | ||
- | Manner of switching If the informant switches languages, he was asked to describe the way in which he switches. Since this is free text, the answers can be seen in the person data, but cannot be evaluated in the Frequency Distribution. | ||
- | Mixing Languages in an SMS The informant was asked whether he mixes languages when writing SMS. Possible answers were yes or no. | ||
- | Languages mixed If the informant answered yes to the question above, he was asked which languages he mixes. The following answers were possible: | ||
- | Standard German | ||
- | French | ||
- | Italian | ||
- | Romansh | ||
- | An open field others | ||
- | If the informants typed in other languages, they get listed in the person data but not in the Frequency Distribution. | ||
- | Second collection | ||
+ | =====Second collection===== | ||
The second collection took place nearly two years after the first one and was set up for the special needs of research in Italian and Romansh. Accordingly, | The second collection took place nearly two years after the first one and was set up for the special needs of research in Italian and Romansh. Accordingly, | ||
For all questions concerning languages (e.g. mothertongue), | For all questions concerning languages (e.g. mothertongue), |
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