Table 4. Factor analysis/Component matrix for phonological and morphological variables.
Predictor | Component | |||
Factor 1 | Factor 2 | Factor 3 | Factor 4 | |
N-Syllables | .92 | .04 | −.16 | −.01 |
N-Phonemes | .89 | .04 | −.14 | .28 |
Syllabic Stress | .77 | .00 | .04 | −.12 |
N-Morphemes | .78 | .05 | −.05 | .00 |
Biphone Phonotactic Probability | −.01 | .99 | −.02 | .02 |
Phonotactic Probability | .13 | .98 | −.05 | .05 |
Word Frequency | −.12 | .06 | .90 | −.02 |
Word Familiarity | −.10 | −.12 | .90 | −.02 |
Phonological Neighborhood Density | −.61 | −.13 | .21 | .42 |
Phonological Complexity/Clustering | .03 | .03 | .01 | .95 |
Note: The above component matrix was derived using SPSS-18′s factor analysis algorithm employing a Varimax rotation with Kaiser normalization. The rotation converged after four iterations.