TABLE 8.
Does comprehension of center-embedded clauses interact with bilingualism for cognitive function? glm() regression with Poisson error were used to model cognitive parameters.
| Dependent variable: | ||||
| TEA-1 |
TEA-2 |
TEA-3 |
Backward digit span |
|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | |
| (Intcpt)/Monolingual | 1.866 | 1.881 | 1.621 | 1.705 |
| t = 20.389 | t = 20.545 | t = 15.451 | t = 17.105 | |
| p = 0.000 | p = 0.000 | p = 0.000 | p = 0.000 | |
| Bilingual | 0.062 | 0.215 | 0.241 | 0.093 |
| t = 0.507 | t = 1.815 | t = 1.772 | t = 0.700 | |
| p = 0.612 | p = 0.070 | p = 0.077 | p = 0.485 | |
| Center-Embedded | −0.025 | −0.099 | −0.152 | −0.069 |
| t = −0.235 | t = −0.947 | t = −1.299 | t = −0.605 | |
| p = 0.815 | p = 0.344 | p = 0.194 | p = 0.546 | |
| Bilingual: | 0.011 | 0.182 | 0.362 | 0.155 |
| Center-Embedded | t = 0.088 | t = 1.468 | t = 2.593 | t = 1.122 |
| (Interaction) | p = 0.930 | p = 0.143 | p = 0.010 | p = 0.262 |
| Observations | 48 | 48 | 48 | 48 |
| Log Likelihood | −91.369 | −107.938 | −127.327 | −92.858 |
| Akaike Inf. Crit. | 190.738 | 223.875 | 262.654 | 193.716 |
Model 1: TEA-1 ∼ Monoling/Biling × Center-Embedded, Poisson error. Model 2: TEA-2 ∼ Monoling/Biling × Center-Embedded, Poisson error. Model 3: TEA-3 ∼ Monoling/Biling × Center-Embedded, Poisson error. Model 4: Backward digit span ∼ Monoling/Biling × Center-Embedded, Poisson error.