Table 2. Summaries of the mixed-effects regression models presented in Figure 3b: Models for female 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) 6,617 (361) <.0001 7,397 (279) <.0001
Manner(vs. Fricative) –1,157 (421) 0.009 −28 (381) 0.942
Birthyear(year 2008=0) 9 (14) 0.531 24 (10) 0.032
Vowel (vs. /a/) 10 (454) 0.983 880 (800) 0.277
Manner×Birthyear −18 (16) 0.26 9 (14) 0.55
Manner×Vowel 3,407 (504) <.0001 512 (774) 0.509
Vowel×Birthyear −9 (17) 0.598 16 (26) 0.551
Manner×Birthyear×Vowel 25 (19) 0.187 –47 (25) 0.064
Word-medial tokens
Lax Tense
Estimate (Std.E) p-value Estimate (Std.E) p-value
(Intercept) 8,042 (444) <.0001 7,048 (302) <.0001
Manner(vs. Fricative) –2,474 (408) <.0001 626 (355) 0.086
Birthyear(year 2008=0) 39 (16) 0.03 7 (11) 0.537
Vowel (vs. /a/) −151 (471) 0.749 1,634 (400) <.0001
Manner×Birthyear –45 (15) 0.005 10 (13) 0.453
Manner×Vowel 3,768 (532) <.0001 1,622 (475) 0.001
Vowel×Birthyear –29 (17) 0.088 30 (14) 0.039
Manner×Birthyear×Vowel 31 (19) 0.115 –47 (17) 0.006