LNGT0101: Introduction to Linguistics Please take a few minutes to fill in the information below. When you’re finished typing your answers, save the file adding your last name to the name of the file (e.g., if your last name is “Smith”, change the name of this file to LNGT0101_questionnaire_smith), and then send it to me via e-mail at usoltan@middlebury.edu, before Monday’s class. Thanks. (Note: If a question is irrelevant to you, you may simply leave it blank.) 1. Name: 2. Majors/minors: 3. What is your native language? 4. If you are a native speaker of English, do you think when you speak English that your manner of speech makes it possible for someone to guess where you are from? If yes, why is that? If you’re not a native speaker of English, do you think when you speak your own native language that your manner of speech makes it possible for someone to guess where you are from in your country? If yes, why is that? 5. Do you speak any foreign languages? If yes, which one(s)? 1 6. What other linguistics or language-related courses (excluding any foreign language classes) did you take before or are you taking now? 7. What got you interested in learning about linguistics? 8. What’s one or more topics of the study of language that you hope this course will cover? 9. If you have any comments, suggestions, expectations for this course or to the instructor, please feel free to write them here. 2