Table 4.
Two-sample t-test comparisons on the mean percentages of correct responses for each experimental condition.
| Sentence type | Early bilinguals vs. natives | Late L2 learners vs. natives | Early bilinguals vs. late L2 learners |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grammatical | t(35) < 1 | t(35) = 6.49, p < 0.001 | t(24) = 5.56, p < 0.001 |
| Subject- verb agreement violation | t(35) = 1.45, p > 0.05 | t(35) = 2.93, p < 0.05 | t(24) = 8.41, p < 0.001 |
| Ergative case violation | t(35) < 1 | t(35) = 9.84, p < 0.001 | t(24) = 5.47, p < 0.001 |
| Grammatical object | t(35) < 1 | t(35) = 4.37, p < 0.001 | t(24) = 3.90, p < 0.001 |
| Object-verb agreement violation | t(35) = 1.82, p = 0.076 | t(35) = 6.16, p < 0.001 | t(24) = 4.17, p < 0.001 |
All groups of participants were compared to each other in pairs. The data from a group of native listeners (Díaz et al., 2011) are analyzed for the sake of comparison.