Table 2. Correlation Matrix of English Noun Psycholinguistic Variables (N = 2,877).
NPHN | NSYL | NMRPH | DENS | IMAG | HFRQ | LEX | NAME | AoA | |
NPHN | – | 0.89** | 0.64** | −0.66** | −0.36** | −0.23** | 0.53** | 0.55 | 0.58** |
NSYL | – | 0.64** | −0.62** | −0.36** | −0.22** | 0.52** | 0.54 | 0.58** | |
NMRPH | – | −0.34** | −0.37** | −0.15** | 0.37** | 0.38 | 0.45** | ||
DENS | – | 0.25** | 0.22** | −0.37** | −0.39 | −0.47** | |||
IMAG | – | −0.01 | −0.28** | −0.31** | −0.67** | ||||
HFRQ | – | −0.61** | −0.47** | −0.40** | |||||
LEX | – | 0.67** | 0.60** | ||||||
NAME | – | 0.60** | |||||||
AoA | – |
Note. Pearson correlations represent values for 2,856–2,877 nouns, with the exception of variables correlated with AoA (N = 1477);
p<.001. FAM = Familiarity; NPHN = Number of phonemes; NSYL Number of syllables; NMRPH = Number of morphemes; DENS = Phonological neighborhood density; IMAG = Imageability; HFRQ = Hypertext Frequency [106]; LEX = Lexical Decision Latency from the English Lexicon Project [66]; NAME = Speeded Naming Latency from the English Lexicon Project [66]; AoA = Age of Acquisition value [75].