<div dir="ltr"><font size="4">Dear IGALA members,</font><br><br>


















<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I have been conducting surveys
on marital and family surname choices since 1985, approximately once per decade,
and I have recently launched a new survey on this topic. For a list of my
publications on this topic, please click the link at the end of this email in my signature block.<span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I would appreciate it if any of
you who are interested would take the survey, and I would be especially
grateful if you would post the survey link on any other listservs you belong to
that might be appropriate and on any social media sites or personal webpages
you might have access to. <span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">This study has been approved by
the Appalachian State University Institutional Review Board. <span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">If you have questions about this
research study, please contact me, <b>Donna
Lillian, </b>at<b> <a href="mailto:lilliandl@appstate.edu">lilliandl@appstate.edu</a></b>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><br><b> <span></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b>Here is the link to the survey:<span></span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://appstate.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8hM9iNBK5gECThr" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline">Surname survey</a><span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Feel free to share this link via other listservs, social
media, or personal websites.<span></span></p>





<br><div><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><i><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Donna L. Lillian<br></span></i></span></div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><i><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Associate Professor, Linguistics<br></span></i></span></div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><i><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Department of English<br></span></i></span></div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><i><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"></span></i></span></div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><i><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Appalachian State University<br></span></i></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><i><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><a href="https://english.appstate.edu/faculty-staff/directory/donna-lillian" target="_blank">https://english.appstate.edu/faculty-staff/directory/donna-lillian</a><br></span></i></span></div><span style="color:rgb(153,0,255)"></span><span style="color:rgb(153,0,255)"><i><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span><i><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">President, Canadian Society for the Study of Names<br></span></i></span></span></i></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(153,0,255)"><i><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span><i><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Past President, American Name Society<br></span></i></span></span></i></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(153,0,255)"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">











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