From: Age-related differences in the acceptability of non-canonical word orders in Mandarin Chinese
Animacy contrast | Word order | Younger | Older | ||
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Estimate | 95% CI | Estimate | 95% CI | ||
+ | SVO | 99.9% | [99.1, 100] | 99.9% | [98.9, 100] |
+ | ‘SOV’ | 95.5% | [83.1, 98.9] | 99.4% | [95.5, 99.9] |
+ | ‘OSV’ | 99.5% | [96.5, 99.9] | 99.8% | [98.2, 100] |
– | SVO | 99.7% | [97.1, 100] | 99.4% | [94.8, 99.9] |
– | ‘SOV’ | 20.5% | [5.9, 51.6] | 5.0% | [0.9, 23.0] |
– | ‘OSV’ | 17.9% | [3.0, 60.6] | 1.6% | [0.1, 16.3] |