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    Area of Science:

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    • Sociolinguistics

    Background:

    • Interference Frisian (IF) exhibits all six possible word orders in three-verb clusters.
    • Previous research (Koeneman and Postma, 2006) proposed parameter theory but didn't explain frequency differences.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To propose an alternative model for IF word order preferences.
    • To demonstrate that frequency and similarity determine IF word order.

    Main Methods:

    • Analyzing three-verb clusters in IF.
    • Comparing IF clusters to two- and three-verb clusters in Frisian and Dutch.
    • Estimating the frequency of verb clusters in Frisian and Dutch.

    Main Results:

    • IF word order preferences are sensitive to linear similarity and frequency of verb clusters in Frisian and Dutch.
    • A model incorporating similarity and frequency accurately predicts IF word order.
    • The model is robust across different impact factors for Dutch/Frisian and cluster types.

    Conclusions:

    • Word order preferences in Interference Frisian are driven by input frequency and similarity, not just parameters.
    • This supports the significance of sequential speech processing in syntactic structures.
    • Less emphasis may be needed on hierarchical structures in syntactic analysis.