Table 6.
Results of linear mixed model analysis of pitch variables in Experiment 3.
| Effect | Parameter | Mean pitch | Pitch range | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate | SE | Estimate | SE | ||
| Fixed effects | |||||
| Intercept | β | 242.38*** | 9.98 | 12.89*** | 0.83 |
| Category | β | 5.06 | 11.23 | 0.03 | 0.86 |
| Sentence position | β | -5.33 | 11.1 | -3.59*** | 0.86 |
| Lexical status | β | -2.37 | 13.82 | -1.99 | 1.15 |
| Gender | β | -35.48*** | 9.95 | 2.54* | 0.95 |
| Category × Position | β | -15.12 | 15.79 | -1.41 | 1.22 |
| Category × Status | β | 7.12 | 15.96 | 0.58 | 1.23 |
| Position × Status | β | -16.11 | 15.86 | -0.09 | 1.23 |
| Category × Position × Status | β | -5.35 | 22.5 | 0.24 | 1.74 |
| Random effects | |||||
| Participant | σ2 | 823.3 | 28.69 | 2.96 | 1.72 |
| Item | σ2 | 655.4 | 25.6 | 5.7 | 2.39 |
| Residual | σ2 | 6336.1 | 79.6 | 75.88 | 8.71 |
Statistical significance was based on degrees of freedom estimated using the Satterthwaite approximation (∗p < 0.05, ∗∗∗p < 0.001).