If you agree to take part in this study, you will be asked to complete an online survey. This survey will ask about your knowledge and feelings about certain words and it will take you approximately 10 minutes to complete.

You may not directly benefit from this research; however, we hope that your participation in the study may help us understand better the usage of foreign words in contemporary American English.

We believe there are no known risks associated with this research study; however, as with any online related activity the risk of a breach of confidentiality is always possible. To the best of our ability your answers in this study will remain confidential. We will minimize risks by not posting any individual answers, names, addresses or similar online and all the collected data will be deleted once the study is done and the results are exported.

Your participation in this study is completely voluntary and you can withdraw at any time. You are free to skip any question that you choose.

If you have questions about this project or if you have a research-related problem, you may contact the researcher, Ricarda at ricarda.weidner@students.uni-mannheim.de. If you have any questions concerning your rights as a research subject, you may contact the University of Mannheim at ethik@mail.uni-mannheim.de.

By clicking “I agree” below you are indicating that you are at least 18 years old, have read and understood this consent form and agree to participate in this research study.