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6. FINDINGS<br />

As can be seen from Table 21, the highest number of bases is that used with the<br />

native –ing suffix in all three categories. This is related to the high productivity of –ing. As<br />

Bybee (1985: 134) points out, “the most productive forms appear to be those with high<br />

type but low token frequency, that is those with many class members, infrequently used.”<br />

This difference in the number of bases for intended audiences is statistically significant<br />

(x²=27.99, df= 1, p=

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