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Table 6 Estimated NP1 probability

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

99.3%

[98.1, 99.8]

99.4%

[98.1, 99.8]

+

‘SOV’

97.6%

[93.5, 99.1]

99.4%

[97.4, 99.9]

+

‘OSV’

25.6%

[4.3, 72.4]

24.6%

[2.9, 78.2]

–

SVO

99.8%

[98.1, 100]

100%

[99.6, 100]

–

‘SOV’

14.4%

[1.5, 64.8]

61.8%

[4.6, 98.2]

–

‘OSV’

9.7%

[0.4, 74.9]

82.7%

[6.7, 99.7]