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] |