Table 4.
Mean RTs elicited for the four sentence types paired with related and unrelated english and Spanish primes. Square brackets represent SE.
| Sentence type | English | Spanish | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Related | Unrelated | Related | Unrelated | |
| Novel metaphor | 1196 (16.7) | 1175 (16.8) | 1209 (18.3) | 1236 (16.6) |
| Literal | 1213 (17.1) | 1202 (16.8) | 1231 (18.2) | 1232 (17.2) |
| Novel simile | 1180 (16.6) | 1205 (16.7) | 1182 (17.7) | 1182 (16.8) |
| Anomalous | 1115 (17.2) | 1110 (16.8) | 1100 (18.2) | 1110 (18.1) |