Advances in Cognitive Sociolinguistics (Cognitive Linguistic Research)

238 Gitte Kristiansen

12-13

Andalucía 1 86 82 16 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000

Galicia 1 18 14 0 0.7237 0.9712 0.3124

Madrid 1 70 52 50 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000

Tenerife 1 26 6 0 0.2888 0.9712 0.3124

Andalucía 2 56 50 20 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000

Galicia 2 56 42 0 0.0000 0.0000 0.3124

Madrid 2 62 40 36 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000

Tenerife 2 38 14 2 0.0015 0.0147 1.0000

As in the case of the results for the 6-7 year-olds we have marked the re-
sults that were statistically significant in bold. We observe that the very
same categorizations that were located at levels above chance in the case of
the 6-7 year-olds are also identified correctly by the 8-9 year-olds. And
now one more accent is added to the list of significant scores: Galicia 2 at
the level of autonomous community (marked in grey). That the same results
were obtained in the case of the second age group and that one new accent
is added to the picture speaks of a systematic development. Had the child-
ren at this age identified other accents than the ones located by the young-
est listeners we would be in need of different parameters than the ones we
brought into the picture in the context of the investigation.
Would the results of the oldest age group confirm the tendency observed
in the previous two tables? In Table 7 the results that are statistically sig-
nificant are likewise highlighted in bold and significant values that are new
for this age group are again marked in grey.

Table 7. Global results of Experiment 1 across age groups and response levels: age
group 12-13

Age/Locatio

n

Area Com Prov Area Com Prov

6-7 0.2 (1/5) 0.0588 (1/17) 0.02 (1/50)

Andalucía 1 60 32 4 0.0000 0.0000 0.3124

Galicia 1 6 0 0 0.0133 0.0772 0.3124

Madrid 1 30 16 16 0.0771 0.0024 0.0000

Tenerife 1 10 4 0 0.0771 0.5720 0.3124

Andalucía 2 32 24 4 0.0339 0.0000 0.3124