Table 4.
Results of linear mixed model analysis of pitch variables in Experiment 2.
| Effect | Parameter | Mean pitch | Pitch range | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate | SE | Estimate | SE | ||
| Fixed effects | |||||
| Intercept | β | 262.97*** | 10.56 | 15.966*** | 1.059 |
| Category | β | -5.61 | 11.02 | -0.499 | 0.999 |
| Sentence position | β | -47.1*** | 11 | -7.043*** | 0.997 |
| Lexical status | β | -19.83 | 13.31 | -6.723*** | 1.292 |
| Gender | β | -70.21*** | 8.13 | 1.014 | 0.907 |
| Category × Position | β | 8.44 | 15.56 | -0.101 | 1.41 |
| Category × Status | β | -6.04 | 15.48 | 0.811 | 1.4 |
| Position × Status | β | 4.24 | 15.45 | 3.001* | 1.392 |
| Category × Position × Status | β | 8.46 | 21.86 | -1.14 | 1.97 |
| Random effects | |||||
| Participant | σ2 | 796.4 | 28.22 | 4.57 | 2.14 |
| Item | σ2 | 547 | 23.39 | 6.64 | 2.58 |
| Residual | σ2 | 4909.8 | 70.07 | 73.39 | 8.57 |
Statistical significance was based on degrees of freedom estimated using the Satterthwaite approximation (∗p < 0.05, ∗∗∗p < 0.001).