Table 2.
Example calculation of the chi-square preemption statistic for giggle.
Less-transparent structure (English transitive-causative, X VERBed Y) | More-transparent structure (English periphrastic-causative, X made Y VERB) | |
---|---|---|
Giggle | 0 | 7 |
All other verbs | 468,636 | 3676 |
Chi2 = 1,387,700.