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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jan 23.
Published in final edited form as: J Neurolinguistics. 2011 Mar;24(2):183–201. doi: 10.1016/j.jneuroling.2010.02.008

Table 1.

List of verb characteristics used in the overt and covert production tasks.

Syllable length Imageabilitya Total_log_frequencyb
Call 1 424 2.38
Cover 2 443 2.02
Crown 1 602 1.41
Follow 2 n/a 1.95
Paint 1 567 1.62
Pull 1 446 1.83
Save 1 365 1.83
Shave 1 n/a 0.84
Tickle 2 492 0.34
Weigh 1 411 0.99
Mean 1.3 468.75 1.521
SD 0.48 80.38 0.63

n/a = no entry in CELEX.

a

Imageability ratings (Based on the MRC database).

b

log10 frequency per million from CELEX.