Table 2.
Results of linear mixed model analysis of pitch variables in Experiment 1.
| Effect | Parameter | Mean pitch | Pitch range | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate | SE | Estimate | SE | ||
| Fixed effects | |||||
| Intercept | β | 252.48*** | 11.43 | 11.5*** | 0.716 |
| Category | β | -18.85 | 9.99 | -0.282 | 0.844 |
| Sentence position | β | -60.16*** | 9.95 | -4.7*** | 0.839 |
| Lexical status | β | -15.35 | 13.67 | 0.383 | 0.915 |
| Gender | β | -59.34*** | 10.1 | -1.433** | 0.495 |
| Category × Position | β | 14.58 | 14.11 | -0.202 | 1.19 |
| Category × Status | β | 18.4 | 13.8 | -0.316 | 1.181 |
| Position × Status | β | 15.9 | 13.72 | -1.083 | 1.172 |
| Category × Position × Status | β | -10.92 | 19.38 | 0.082 | 1.657 |
| Random effects | |||||
| Participant | σ2 | 499 | 22.34 | 2.28 | 1.51 |
| Item | σ2 | 864.1 | 29.4 | 1.22 | 1.11 |
| Residual | σ2 | 7217.9 | 84.96 | 74.64 | 8.64 |
Statistical significance was based on degrees of freedom estimated using the Satterthwaite approximation (∗∗p < 0.01, ∗∗∗p < 0.001).