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Bivariate Correlations Among the Predictor Variables
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Ambiguity | ||||||||
| 2. Base frequency | −.01 | |||||||
| 3. Past-participle frequency | .02 | −.11 | ||||||
| 4. Past-tense frequency | −.01 | .20* | −.56** | |||||
| 5. Theme plausibility | −.03 | .05 | .08 | .02 | ||||
| 6. Agent plausibility | −.07 | −.03 | .09 | .00 | −.14 | |||
| 7. Relative-clause continuation | −.01 | −.01 | .20* | .06 | .21* | −.55** | ||
| 8. Transitivity | .03 | .05 | −.16 | .09 | .11 | −.14 | .05 |
p < .05 (two-tailed).
p < .01 (two-tailed).
