Contact and complexity in English varieties: The influence of speaker numbers on syntheticity and grammaticity.

PLoS One · 2026 · PMC12843564 · PMID 41592069

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highly significantno p-value reported

Interestingly, the varying intercept for geographic region is non-significant in the syntheticity model but highly significant in the model with grammaticity.

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marginally significantno p-value reported

The proportion of non-native speakers shows a positive, marginally significant effect on syntheticity.

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This effect might be considered marginally statistically significant.

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