Reading Witness Statements

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Purpose. This study is part of a master's thesis in English Linguistics. It looks at how readers understand short statements taken from witness accounts.

What you will do. You will read nine short statements and answer two questions about each. It takes about 5 minutes.

Your data. We do not ask for your name, e-mail or any contact details, and we do not record your IP address. Answers are stored anonymously and used only for research.

Voluntary participation. You may stop at any time by closing this page; incomplete answers are not used.

Researcher: Zeynep Deren Balcı
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Selma Elyıldırım
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Which describes you best? Law: student, graduate or legal practitioner English language teaching or linguistics: student or academic Neither of these

Years of study or practice in that field Your English level

Turkish is my native language

About 5 minutes

How does the speaker know this?

How confident are you in your answer?

1 · Not at all7 · Completely

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