Table 6.
Unique variance predicted by word frequency, contextual diversity, and semantic distinctiveness for young/old monolinguals and bilinguals.
| Corpus | Group | Effect (ΔR2 in %) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WF | CD | SD | ||
| TASA | Mono young | 2.11 | 5.43 * | 9.85** |
| Bil young | 0.0 | 3.23 | 11.46*** | |
| Mono old | 1.2 | 5.84 | 12.15*** | |
| Bil old | 0.28 | 9.03** | 21.46*** | |
| Wiki | Mono young | 0.8 | 2.01 | 7.22* |
| Bil young | 1.98 | 6.95 | 14.9** | |
| Mono old | 0 | 3.33 | 13.75** | |
| Bil old | 0.47 | 5.607 | 18.23** | |
| Fiction | Mono young | 0.0 | 1.273 | 12.101** |
| Bil young | 1.73 | 0.0 | 17.86*** | |
| Mono old | 0.29 | 1.15 | 17.01*** | |
| Bil old | 0.0 | 4.61* | 31.71*** | |
| Non-fiction | Mono young | 4.95 | 8.02* | 12.615** |
| Bil young | 3.514 | 6.38* | 15.974*** | |
| Mono old | 11.803** | 18.68*** | 23.27*** | |
| Bil old | 5.43 | 15.48** | 30.67*** | |
| Mix | Mono young | 3.61 | 5.12* | 7.22* |
| Bil young | 0.3 | 2.41 | 9.71** | |
| Mono old | 4.74* | 10.02** | 13.46*** | |
| Bil old | 0.32 | 7.66* | 22.36*** | |
N = 150, ∗P < 0.05, ∗∗P < 0.01, ∗∗∗P < 0.001.