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Table 12.3 Multiple Regression Results By Listener Group and Sentence Type (continued)

b. p values and coef¿ cient signs for North Carolina European American listeners (n=33; coef¿ cient

sign shown in parentheses when p”.10)

Treatment speaker

sex

mean F0 max F0 CPP vowel

quality

nu=nucleus,

gl=glide

standard

deviation

of F0

R^2

unmod /æ/ male .831 .938 .995 .096 (+) .655 .956

unmod /o/ male .663 .992 .864 nu .928

gl .875

.684 .791

unmod control male .058 (+) .046 (-) .860 — .900 .956

unmod /æ/ female .884 .057 (-) .249 .015 (+) .325 .978

unmod /o/ female .245 .355 .331 nu .062 (+)

gl .179

.464 .999

unmod control female .056 (+) .095 (-) .058 (-) — .123 .798

mono /æ/ male — — .719 .004 (+) — .871

mono /o/ male — — .049 (-) nu .950

gl .138

—.748

mono control male — — .238 — — .222

mono /æ/ female — — .075 (+) .00005 (+) — .971

mono /o/ female — — .930 nu .0003 (+)

gl .093 (+)

—.992

mono control female — — .289 — — .184

schwa /æ/ male .045 (+) .117 .306 — .474 .960

schwa /o/ male .519 .252 .678 — .057 (-) .923

schwa control male .563 .567 .691 — .429 .725

schwa /æ/ female .449 .103 .560 — .856 .774

schwa /o/ female .130 .617 .298 — .152 .823

schwa control female .923 .488 .295 — .409 .594

(continued)