This paper discusses pronunciation research using a written questionnaire to ask people overt questions about their pronunciation. Several investigations that have used this approach are discussed. The technique is particularly useful for large-scale surveys of variability in lexical incidence or in the phonological system. It is unsuitable for surveying variability in phonetic realization.

OBJECTIVE To examine patients' understanding of the status, function, and remit of written consent to surgery. DESIGN Prospective questionnaire study. Questionnaires were sent to patients within one month of surgery. Responses were analysed with frequencies and single variable analyses. SETTING Large teaching hospital. PARTICIPANTS 732 patients who had undergone surgery in obstetrics and ...

introduction: international study on asthma was conducted to study the prevalence of asthma symptoms among 13-14 year old children using written and video questionnaires during the early 90's. the aim of the present study (isaac) was to evaluate the agreement between the two questionnaires which were self-completed by the children. methods: this study, which was a part of the third phase o...

Like the sequence of words in written language, comic book page layouts direct images into a deliberate reading sequence. Conventional wisdom would expect that comic panels follow the order of text: left-to-right and down - a "Z-path" - though several layouts can violate this order, such as Gestalt groupings of panels that deny a Z-path of reading. To examine how layouts pressure readers to cho...

INTRODUCTION Paper has been the dominating means for capturing and storing written language for several centuries. Recently, computers have been established in this domain at the same time offering a far wider range of features. This has led many to believe that the use of paper might be completely replaced by computers in the near future. Yet there is no empirical data supporting such a hypoth...