Advances in Cognitive Sociolinguistics (Cognitive Linguistic Research)

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That the global results for France, Germany and England present the same
degree of lack of precision is clear from the summary in Table 19.


Table 16. Results for the USA. Age group 6-7


6-7 Frequency Percentage
Correct 8 16.0
Germany 6 12.0
Argentina 9 18.0
Spain 2 4.0
France 12 24.0
England 4 8.0
Mexico 9 18.0
Total 50 100.0

Table 17. Results for the USA. Age group 8-9


8-9 Frequency Percentage
Correct 7 14.0
Germany 6 12.0
Argentina 9 18.0
France 11 22.0
England 8 16.0
Mexico 9 18.0
Total 50 100.0

Table 18. Results for the USA. Age group 12-13


12-13 Frequency Percentage
Correct 14 28.0
Germany 9 18.0
Argentina 1 2.0
France 5 10.0
England 16 32.0
Mexico 5 10.0
Total 50 100.0
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