Linking elements in compounds - LOT publications

Table 4
SIMILARITY OF PLURAL ENDINGS AND LINKING ELEMENTS
Mean Rating Scores with Standard Deviations (between brackets) along a Five-point Scale
for n-Realization (1, 2 = [ə]; 3 = unclear; 4, 5 = [(ə)n]) per Condition (Phrase or
Compound) and Region (North, East, South, Middle or West)
Condition Region
North East South Middle West
Phrase 4.12 (1.50) 3.58 (1.74) 3.11 (1.92) 2.63 (1.81) 2.25 (1.76)
Compound 3.59 (1.81) 3.17 (1.90) 3.00 (1.92) 2.16 (1.72) 1.83 (1.58)
Analyses using a linear mixed-effects model with subject and item as crossed
random effects, the rating score as dependent variable and Condition and
Region as predictors revealed a significant main effect of Condition (β = 0.45,
t(3242) = 3.12, p < .01). This indicates that phrases showed significantly higher
n-realization scores than compounds. Furthermore, a marginal interaction
between Condition and Region South was found (β = 0.34, t(3242) = 1.91, p =
.06), indicating that the Southern region showed no significant differences for
n-realization in phrases versus compounds. These results similarly show the
speakers from the Northern, Eastern, Middle, and Western regions of the
Netherlands to display greater final -n realization in plural nouns than in the
first part of a compound. 7
7 A linear mixed-effects model for binominal data reveals the same results. Here, only
the ―no [n]‖ responses (i.e., scores 1 and 2) and ―[n]‖ responses (i.e., scores 4 and 5)
were considered and the 3 scores (1.8%) were excluded. Analyses using a linear mixedeffects
model with a logit link function, with subject and word as crossed random
effects, Condition and Region as independent variables, and the [n]-realization scores as
the dependent variable revealed a significant main effect of Condition (β = 0.55,
z(3186) = 2.83, p < .01) and a marginal interaction between Condition and Region
South (β = 0.43, t(3178) = 1.78, p < .1).
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