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. 2021 Apr 29;12:582259. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.582259

TABLE 5.

Experiment 2 including fixed-effects of morpheme type, morpheme reliability (proportion), morpheme availability (log word-form Frequency), formulaicity (string frequency), length (syllables), and stimulus sense rating, and random effects of subject and item.

Model 2: no interactions.

Fixed effects Random effects

By subject By item

Parameters Estimate SE z p SD SD
Intercept 0.484 2.135 –0.23 0.820 3.027 1.048
Morpheme type1 Plural -s –0.875 0.239 –3.66 0.000***
Third-person -s 0.809 0.236 3.42 0.001***
Progressive -ing 1.293 0.246 5.25 0.000***
Morpheme reliability 1.742 0.348 5.01 0.000*** 0.786
Morpheme availability2 0.301 0.126 2.39 0.017* 0.026
Formulaicity (low)3 –0.619 0.223 –2.77 0.006**
Sentence length (syllables) –0.014 0.129 –0.11 0.921
Sense rating –0.126 0.035 –3.65 0.000***

1The Past-tense -ed is the reference level. 2Word-form frequency was logarithmically transformed. 3High formulaicity was the reference level. Model formula: accuracy∼morpheme + reliability + availability + formulaicity + length + sense + (1 + reliability + availability| subject) + (1| Item). ***p = 0; **p < 0.001; *p < 0.01; p < 0.1.

Model 2b: Interactions between morpheme type and reliability.

Fixed effects Random effects

By subject By item

Parameters Estimate SE z p SD SD

Intercept 4.294 1.886 2.28 0.023* 1.288 0.955
Morpheme type1 Plural -s –2.249 0.352 –6.38 0.000***
Third-person -s –0.059 0.32 –0.18 0.853
Progressive -ing 0.743 0.34 2.19 0.029*
Morpheme reliability –0.604 0.598 –1.01 0.312 0.960
Formulaicity (low)2 –0.462 0.211 –2.19 0.028*
Sentence length (syllables) –0.153 0.122 –1.25 0.210
MorphemePlural-s: Reliability 3.995 0.722 5.54 0.000***
MorphemePres-s: Reliability 2.781 1.01 2.75 0.006**
MorphemeProg-ing: Reliability 1.881 0.946 1.99 0.047*

1Past-tense -ed is the reference level. 2 High formulaicity was the reference level. Model formula: accuracy∼morphemereliability + formulaicity + length + (1 + reliability| subject) + (1| item). ***p = 0; **p < 0.001; *p < 0.01; p < 0.1.

Model 2c: interactions between morpheme type and availability.

Fixed effects Random effects

By Subject By Item

Parameters Estimate SE z p SD SD

Intercept 2.453 2.209 1.110 0.267 1.943 0.984
Morpheme type1 Plural -s –9.346 1.655 –5.650 0.000***
Third-person -s –3.651 1.147 –3.180 0.001**
Progressive -ing 0.526 1.292 0.410 0.684
Morpheme availability –0.158 0.209 –0.760 0.448 0.269
Formulaicity (low)2 –0.638 0.217 –2.940 0.003**
Sentence Length (syllables) –0.002 0.127 –0.020 0.985
MorphemePlural-s: Availability 1.971 0.369 5.340 0.000***
MorphemePres-s: Availability 1.051 0.281 3.740 0.000***
MorphemeProg-ing: Availability 0.169 0.302 0.560 0.575

1Past-tense -ed is the reference level. 2High formulaicity was the reference level. Model formula: accuracy∼morpheme*availability + formulaicity + length + (1 + availability| subject) + (1| item). ***p = 0; **p < 0.001; p < 0.1.