NZ English speakers needed

Abby Walker is a Chch born, Ohio State PhD student in linguistics, and her current study is looking at a particular aspect of NZ English, and so involves doing experiments on NZers. She was actually back in NZ end of last year / start of this year, but earthquakes hindered data collection, and, now back in Ohio, she’s trying to collect data online.

http://www.ling.ohio-state.edu/~ajwalker/OnlineSpeakerRatings

The instructions are:

You are invited to participate in an online linguistics study entitled “Online Speaker Ratings”.  The study involves listening to 10 speakers and answering questions about them. We expect that it will take about 10 minutes to complete this study.

To participate in this study you need to have lived in NZ since you were 6 or younger, and you need to have not lived in a country other than NZ for more than 6 years. You will also need to be at a computer that can play .mp3 sounds at a comfortable listening level.

At the end of the study you will have the option of including your email address in a draw for a USD$50 Amazon.com gift voucher.

Readers are encouraged to help Abby out and complete her study.