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Published in final edited form as: Cogn Sci. 2009 Jan;34(1):161–173. doi: 10.1111/j.1551-6709.2009.01069.x

Appendix B. Growth Curve Analysis Model Fit Results for Experiment 2.

Noun-Noun homonyms condition was used as the baseline. Separate by-subjects and by-items growth curve analyses were carried out and the results for both analyses are shown.

Term Noun-Verb Unambiguous Noun-Verb vs. Unambiguous

Estimate t p < Estimate t p < Estimate t p <
Intercept Subjects 0.0241 2.05 0.05 0.0301 2.56 0.05 0.0060 0.63 n.s.
Items 0.0262 1.31 n.s. 0.0323 1.71 0.1 0.0062 0.32 n.s.
Linear Subjects −0.1883 3.43 0.001 −0.2783 5.07 0.0001 −0.0900 1.97 0.05
Items −0.1763 1.48 n.s. −0.2671 2.36 0.05 −0.0908 0.77 n.s.
Quadratic Subjects −0.2416 7.87 0.0001 −0.3699 12.05 0.0001 −0.1283 4.65 0.0001
Items −0.2364 5.29 0.0001 −0.3647 8.58 0.0001 −0.1283 2.93 0.01
Cubic Subjects −0.0775 2.53 0.05 −0.0079 0.26 n.s. 0.0697 2.53 0.05
Items −0.0791 1.77 0.1 −0.0096 0.23 n.s. 0.0695 1.59 n.s.
Quartic Subjects 0.1562 5.09 0.0001 0.2421 7.89 0.0001 0.0858 3.11 0.01
Items 0.1530 3.42 0.001 0.2399 5.64 0.0001 0.0869 1.99 0.05