Table 1. Summaries of the mixed-effects regression models presented in Figure 3a: Models for male speakers’ sibilant tokens. Models were made using a treatment coding scheme with affricate (vs. fricative) and /i/ (vs. /a/) as reference levels

Word-initial tokens
Lax Tense
Estimate (Std.E) p-value Estimate (Std.E) p-value
(Intercept) 4,926 (415) <.0001 5,008 (367) <.0001
Manner(vs. Fricative) −414 (407) 0.315 82 (416) 0.845
Birthyear(year 2008=0) 0 (14) 0.987 −6 (13) 0.629
Vowel (vs. /a/) −202 (428) 0.64 −31 (494) 0.95
Manner×Birthyear −3 (14) 0.819 10 (15) 0.484
Manner×Vowel 3,395 (475) <.0001 3,857 (588) <.0001
Vowel×Birthyear −15 (15) 0.317 17 (16) 0.31
Manner×Birthyear×Vowel 17 (17) 0.317 8 (20) 0.69
Word-medial tokens
Lax Tense
Estimate (Std.E) p-value Estimate (Std.E) p-value
(Intercept) 5,652 (529) <.0001 5,172 (347) <.0001
Manner(vs. Fricative) –1,151 (586) 0.06 −224 (335) 0.505
Birthyear(year 2008=0) 5 (23) 0.823 5 (12) 0.685
Vowel (vs. /a/) 26 (568) 0.964 593 (363) 0.106
Manner×Birthyear −8 (24) 0.742 −2 (12) 0.864
Manner×Vowel 3,842 (602) <.0001 3,846 (463) <.0001
Vowel×Birthyear −6 (23) 0.787 −2 (12) 0.9
Manner×Birthyear×Vowel 20 (25) 0.404 26 (16) 0.108