Questionnaire
The following is a Linguistics survey. We would greatly appreciate your co-operation in filling out this questionnaire. Since your responses will be treated as confidential, you do not have to write your name on this questionnaire.
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Instructions:
You are asked to choose the definition that first comes to your mind when you read the following words, or else, the most prominent meaning. You can choose only one of the options provided. The words do not exist in the English language, but they could be possible words.
Bossify
To make someone the boss
To be in charge of something
To treat someone like s/he is the boss/ think highly of someone
To be busy because of many responsibilities
Cookdom
Being a cook
The realm or kingdom of cooks/ where they cook
The staff of a restaurant( chefs, sous-chefs)
Having excellent knowledge and dexterity in terms of cooking
Milkize
To look pale
To feed with milk
To make something look like/ taste like milk
To combine/ mix something with milk
Academyship
The quality or condition of being a member of an institution of learning, a university
All people who work in an institution, university
The premises, buildings, laboratories, parking lots that belong to a university campus or institution
The manner of being picky and sophisticated
Orchestrahood
Being a highly talented music group
A fellowship of musicians who play musical instruments
All musicians who participate in a live performance
An area where musicians give their performance
Gossipize
To make something sound like / to turn into gossip
To spread gossips/ rumors
To share your personal news with others
To have fun chatting about unimportant matters
Trainship
All employees who work at a train station
A journey by train
The maximum or optimum capacity of trains that citizens can use in a city or country, the train system
An area where the end/ the terminal of trains are, like a main station
Childify
To give birth to children
To be naughty, to behave mischievously
To address something to children( i.e. a story, a series, a show)
To make something simpler so that a child could understand it
Rockhood
The state of bearing the ideal of Rock culture
The period of time when Rock music was at a peak
The place where the Rock movement originated
A group of individuals who play Rock music
Silverize
To cover with silver
To look like silver
To refine silver as a raw material/ stone, to turn into silver
To give something the value of silver( second prize)
Ratdom
A group of people who spread gossip and rumors motivated by envy and competitiveness
The state of being a rat
Rats playing together
A nest of rats
Perfumize
To make or produce a perfume
To spray with perfume
To wear too much perfume
To create a pleasant atmosphere
Dragonhood
A kingdom of dragons
Being a dragon
A pack( group) of dragons
To have the fierceness, energy and strength and other qualities like a dragon
Gunship
The condition of carrying a lot of guns
Military equipment like weapons
A store where weapons are kept
A video game with violent scenes
Glueify
To turn into glue
To stick things together
To be sticky
To find similarities and relate two things
Bearship
The condition of having qualities like strength and well built posture
The lifespan of a bear/ the average years of its life
The state of being a bear
A mother bear and its young ones
Mockify
To make something sound as a mockery or ridicule
To make a lot of jokes, and negative comments over something
To make a parody of something because you are disappointed by it
To take silly facial expressions
Farmdom
A set of characteristics related to the life of a farmer such as hard work, love for animals, harvesting etc.
The discipline of agriculture or the concept of farming
Many farms together
An area appropriate for farms
Credithood
The state of using a lot of credits
The possibility to use a credit card instead of cash
The number of credit cards one owns
A chart/ table showing percentages of sums
Pressdom
The power the press can exercise
The number of journals, magazines and newspapers published by a publishing company
A room with printing press equipment
The time period it takes to print a piece of work
(by Martin Schmitz, Ludwig-Beck-Str. 4e, 33615 Bielefeld)