Table 2. Matching of Positive, Neutral and Negative Words.
Word type | IMG | KFREQ | NLET | NPHN | NSYL | VAL | ARSL |
Positive | 521.11 | 54.32 | 5.04 | 4.25 | 1.52 | 7.93 | 5.96 |
Neutral | 524.14 | 55.38 | 5.04 | 4.13 | 1.58 | 5.10 | 3.88 |
Negative | 516.52 | 53.12 | 5.08 | 4.21 | 1.58 | 2.02 | 6.07 |
Mean values. IMG, Imagineability; KFREQ, Frequency; NLET, number of letters; NPHN, number of phonemes; NSYL, number of syllables; VAL, rating of valence from 1 (very negative) through 5 (neutral) to very positive (8); ARSL, rating of arousal from very low (1) through medium (5) to very high (9).