Semantic association questionnaire

[J.W.]

Ottawa (Canada), Saturday 29/5/04 8h55 EDT

Dear SEELANGers,

This is addressed to those of you (in any geographical area) who are
native speakers of English.

I am posting this questionnaire on behalf of Mikhail Rodine, a professor
of English at Saratov University who is writing his kandidat
dissertation on comparative Russian-English word associations.

He has already found a sufficient number of Russian speakers to
participate in his study, but not enough English speakers, and most of
the American students he was counting on for this turned out not to be
available when he needed them.  He has asked me to help him find more
English-speakers to complete the questionnaire.  I am therefore posting
this to SEELANGS in the hope that a number of you will be able to take a
few minutes to mark down your associations beside the words below and
e-mail it as soon as possible either:
(a) directly to Mr Rodine at:
MRodine at yandex.ru
or (b) if anonymity is important to you, to me at the 'reply to' address
above, in which case I will forward the results to Mr Rodine without
showing your name or address (I shall not be keeping a copy of your
e-mails in my own files, but shall delete them directly the results are
forwarded).

My thanks (and Mr Rodine's thanks) in advance to all who take the time
to participate.

J. Woodsworth, Research Associate
Slavic Research Group at the University of Ottawa

*****

SEMANTIC ASSOCIATION QUESTIONNAIRE on the field: dobryj
for Russian-English comparative study
by Mikhail Rodine, Saratov University

Age -
Male or Female -
Education Level -
Date questionnaire completed -

Opposite each word, please put the first word that comes to mind,
followed by any others that come to mind.


1. affable -
2. affectionate -
3. alms -
4. amiability -
5. amicable -
6. benediction -
7. benefactor -
8. beneficent -
9. benefit -
10. benevolent -
11. bless -
12. bonhomous -
13. cajole -
14. care for -
15. charitable -
16. compassion -
17. concern -
18. cordial -
19. favour -
20. forgiving -
21. friend -
22. friendly -
23. generous -
24. genial -
25. gentle -
26. good -
27. good humour -
28. good nature -
29. good-humoured -
30. good-natured -
31. goodness -
32. goodwill -
33. grace -
34. heartfelt -
35. hearty -
36. hospitable -
37. humane -
38. humanist -
39. indulgently -
40. intimate -
41. kind -
42. kind-hearted -
43. magnanimous -
44. to make up (with someone) -
45. merciful -
46. mild -
47. pacific -
48. peace loving -
49. peaceful -
50. philanthropic -
51. pity -
52. placid -
53. propitiate -
54. reconcile -
55. soft heart -
56. soft -
57. soft-heartedness -
58. softy -
59. solicitous -
60. sympathizing -
61. tender -
62. tenderhearted -
63. warmth -
64. well-disposed -
65. well-natured -
66. well-wisher -




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