Table 2. Characteristics of the stimuli for analysis.
| Rare phonotactic probability | Common phonotactic probability | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sparse n = 27 |
Dense n = 23 |
Sparse n = 20 |
Dense n = 31 |
|
| Manipulated Variables | ||||
| Positional segment suma M (SD) |
0.16 (0.06) |
0.17 (0.03) |
0.25 (0.10) |
0.26 (0.06) |
| Biphone suma M (SD) |
0.008 (0.004) |
0.010 (0.005) |
0.018 (0.012) |
0.022 (0.009) |
| Neighborhood densitya M (SD) |
5 (4) |
8 (6) |
4 (5) |
9 (8) |
| Control Variables | ||||
| Age-of-acquisitionb M (SD) |
3.9 (1.1) |
3.8 (1.1) |
3.7 (1.1) |
3.8 (1.0) |
| Log word frequencya M (SD) |
2.6 (0.7) |
2.6 (0.7) |
2.7 (0.7) |
2.6 (0.7) |
| Word length M (SD) |
4 (1) |
4 (1) |
4 (1) |
4 (1) |
| Semantic set size c M (SD) |
13 (5) |
12 (5) |
13 (5) |
14 (6) |
| Concreteness d M (SD) |
595 (36) |
599 (26) |
601 (14) |
599 (21) |
| Familiarity d M (SD) |
533 (55) |
511 (86) |
541 (53) |
533 (54) |
| Imagability d M (SD) |
595 (28) |
596 (31) |
599 (26) |
596 (35) |
a
Computed from (Storkel et al., 2008).
b
Computed from (Carroll & White, 1973; Garlock, 1997; Snodgrass & Yuditsky, 1996) where a rating of 1 corresponds to 0-2 years, rating of 5 corresponds to 6 years, and rating of 9 corresponds to 13+ years.
c
Computed from (Nelson et al., 1998).
d
Computed from (Wilson, 1987).