Project description:

We are students in the undergraduate course Canadian English (LING 202) at Queen’s University. We have put together this survey to help us study vowel pronunciation in Canadian English. We would appreciate your participation in filling out this survey. We anticipate that it will take approximately 5-10 minutes to answer all of the questions.

There are no known risks associated with participating in this project. Your participation is of course voluntary, and you may decide not to complete the survey at any point. Please feel free to avoid any questions that you may find uncomfortable. Your participation in the survey will be anonymous; at no point will we associate your name with your answers.

The results of this study will be reported in our final project for the course. It is possible that we will seek to further present these results at a conference or in a publication.

If after completing the survey you have any questions or concerns or are interested in the research results, you may contact us at the email address below or you may contact the course instructor, Dr. Anastasia Riehl, at: riehla@queensu.ca or 613-533-6000 x74241. Any ethical concerns about the study may be directed to the Chair of the General Research Ethics Board at Chair.GREB@queensu.ca or 613-533-6081.

Please note that this study has been granted clearance according to the recommended principles of Canadian ethics guidelines and Queen's policies.

Please feel free to print this page for your records.

Thank you for your help!

Rachael Manto
9rmm3@queensu.ca