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Table 3 Estimated acceptability

From: Age-related differences in the acceptability of non-canonical word orders in Mandarin Chinese

Animacy contrast

Word order

Younger

Older

Estimate

95% CI

Estimate

95% CI

+

SVO

6.73

[6.45, 7.01]

6.47

[6.20, 6.73]

+

‘SOV’

3.86

[3.32, 4.40]

4.23

[3.65, 4.81]

+

‘OSV’

4.99

[4.51, 5.46]

4.12

[3.62, 4.63]

–

SVO

6.76

[6.38, 7.14]

6.35

[6.04, 6.66]

–

‘SOV’

2.35

[1.80, 2.90]

2.90

[2.36, 3.43]

–

‘OSV’

2.41

[1.85, 2.96]

2.82

[2.27, 3.37]