Table 4.

Intercorrelations among factors

Factor	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1. Phonological similarity	–	–0.96	–0.24	0.06	0.24	–0.05	–0.02
2. Cognate status		–	0.25	–0.06	–0.25	–0.09	–0.08
3. Log-transformed Japanese word frequency			–	0.35	–0.24	–0.30	–0.11
4. Log-transformed English word frequency				–	–0.30	–0.42	–0.42
5. Japanese Word length (mora)					–	0.45	0.39
6. English Word length (letters)						–	0.78
7. English Word length (syllables)							–