Speaker Input Variability Does Not Explain Why Larger Populations Have Simpler Languages.

PLoS One · 2015 · PMC4461169 · PMID 26057624

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There was no effect of condition ( β = 0.390, SE = 0.482, p = 0.419) or any of the other interaction terms (p ≥ 0.166): For the case accuracy measure, there were significant effects of novelty ( β = 0.936, SE = 0.110, p <0.001) and round ( β = 0.321, SE = 0.029, p <0.001), and an approaching significance effect of the interaction of novelty and round ( β = 0.123, SE = 0.064, p = 0.055).

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