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Call for participation in a short linguistic survey by Chemnitz University of Technology – no specialist knowledge needed
Christmas time is a season of wonder, miracles and nostalgia. The perfect time to snuggle up and read some fairy tales or watch some fairy tale films again. But how well do you actually know the famous stories by the brothers Grimm? Christina Sanchez-Stockhammer, professor of English and Digital Linguistics at Chemnitz University of Technology, wants to find out what speakers of the English language remember about some of the most famous fairy tales. For example, what does the evil queen in “Snow White” ask when she wants to know if she looks good? That’s why Sanchez-Stockhammer has launched a brief anonymous survey. It only takes a few minutes to complete and is available in English and German.
“But please don't look anything up! We are interested in what you remember spontaneously, and there are no right or wrong answers,” explains the linguist. “This will help us identify the most widely known English versions.” The results of the survey will be shared in publicly accessible formats – for example on Sanchez-Stockhammer’s podcast “Linguistics Behind the Scenes”.
Survey URL: https://www.mytuc.org/grimm
Prof. Christina Sanchez-Stockhammer, tel. +49 (0)371 531-32444, email christina.sanchez@phil.tu-chemnitz.de
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