Replication Data for: A multivariate account of particle alternation after bare-form try in native varieties of English

[Dataset abstract] This is the data and code from a multifactorial study reviewing the determinants of particle alternation after uninflected try in native varieties of English. The effects of a number of previously discussed and novel predictors (see Section 3.1 of the paper) are probed in data from well-known corpora (ICE, GloWbE, BNC and COCA). The paper is published in English Language and Linguistics (https://www.doi.org/10.1017/S1360674321000393). I used R (R Core Team 2021) for all data analyses, hence the code can best be replicated in R.
[Article abstract] This multifactorial study reviews the determinants of particle alternation after uninflected try in varieties where English is native. The effects of a number of previously discussed and novel predictors are probed in data from well-known corpora. The results confirm the inclinations of North American varieties (try to) in contrast with those of the Australasian, British and Irish varieties (try and in speech but try to in writing). The previously reported general effects of the tense of try, mode and horror aequi are also corroborated. As regards the effect of register, the study contributes the finding that following Latin-based infinitives favor try to in most varieties, especially in writing. The paper discusses the status of the substantiated effects with respect to the notions of conventionalization and entrenchment: crucially, the higher degree of conventionalization of try to in North American varieties (a) makes the use of this variant less conditional on the sequential need to license euphony and (b) neutralizes the general contextual/register distinction for the alternation. From a usage-based viewpoint, the findings suggest that the higher frequency of a multiword sequence in a specific variety, and the higher degree of activation in the language users’ minds, can make it less contingent on general probabilistic constraints.

{'[Dataset abstract]': '本数据集与代码源自一项多因素研究，旨在审视英语母语变体中，不变形动词try之后的粒子交替决定因素。研究探讨了多种先前讨论及新颖的预测因子（参见论文第3.1节）对知名语料库（ICE、GloWbE、BNC和COCA）中数据的影响。该论文发表在《英语语言与语言学》期刊上（https://www.doi.org/10.1017/S1360674321000393）。所有数据分析均使用R语言（R Core Team 2021）完成，因此代码最好在R环境中进行复现。', '[Article abstract]': '本多因素研究审视了英语母语变体中，不变形动词try之后粒子交替的决定因素。研究在知名语料库的数据中探究了多种先前讨论及新颖的预测因子的影响。研究结果证实了北美变体（try to）的倾向性与澳大拉西亚、英国及爱尔兰变体（口语中try and，书写中try to）的对比。先前报道的try时态、语态及 horror aequi 的一般性影响也得到了证实。关于语域的影响，研究提出了以下发现：拉丁语源的动词不定式倾向于使大多数变体中的try to使用频率更高，尤其是在书写中。论文讨论了已证实的效应在传统化和根深蒂固性概念中的地位：关键的是，try to在北美变体中的高度传统化（a）降低了该变体使用此变体对许可音韵序列需求的条件性，并且（b）中和了交替中的普遍语境/语域区分。从基于使用视角来看，研究结果暗示了在特定变体中多词序列的频率越高，以及在语言使用者心智中的激活程度越高，其使用就越不依赖于普遍概率约束。'}