TABLE 5.
Means (and standard deviation) of incorrect responses in the comprehension of subject and object RCs (means are calculated over the total number of responses).
| Group | Mandarin |
Italian |
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| Subject RCs | Object RCs | Subject RCs | Object RCs | |
| Younger | ||||
| Correct response | 0.68 (0.30) | 0.41 (0.32) | 0.74 (0.27) | 0.43 (0.38) |
| Reversal error | 0.13 (0.23) | 0.18 (0.21) | 0.12 (0.18) | 0.36 (0.33) |
| Embedded error | 0.19 (0.18) | 0.41 (0.36) | 0.14 (0.16) | 0.21 (0.24) |
| Older | ||||
| Correct response | 0.77 (0.21) | 0.67 (0.32) | 0.96 (0.10) | 0.92 (0.16) |
| Reversal error | 0.17 (0.21) | 0.21 (0.24) | 0.03 (0.09) | 0.06 (0.11) |
| Embedded error | 0.06 (0.12) | 0.12 (0.24) | 0.01 (0.04) | 0.02 (0.06) |