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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jun 3.
Published in final edited form as: J Child Lang. 2017 Jul;44(4):943–967. doi: 10.1017/S0305000916000337

Table 3.

Frequency of nominative (+NOM) and non-nominative (−NOM) third person singular subjects with (+3S) and without (−3S) third person singular –s in the paired priming task.

+NOM (he/she)
−NOM (him/her)
−NOM +AGR (e.g., him hugs)
Observed (Expected) freq. Observed (Expected) freq. Observed rate Binomial >10%? Expected rate Binomial >10%?
Contrasting Pronouns Condition
+3S (e.g., hugs) 222 (219.8) 114 (116.2) 114/336 (.34) p <0.001 116/336 (.35) p <0.001
−3S (e.g., hug) 94 (96.2) 53 (50.8)

Total Observed Frequency 316 167

Non-Contrasting Pronouns Condition
+3S (e.g., hugs) 193 (197.3) 172 (167.7) 172/365 (.47) p <0.001 168/365 (.46) p <0.001
−3S (e.g., hug) 80 (75.7) 60 (64.3)

Total Frequency 273 232