Table 4.
Mean lexical characteristics of each critical item type, with examples.
| Item Type | Examples | Log Bigram Frequency | Log Whole Item Frequency | Orthographic Neighborhood Size | Log Frequency of Orthographic Neighbors | Concreteness | Imageability | Number of Senses | Number of Lexical Associates | Noun Verb Ambiguity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Word | DOG, CAR | 6.3 | 2.39 | 13.0 | 4.3 | 374 | 379 | 5.9 | 10.5 | 0.84 |
| Pseudoword | MIP, VAP | 5.6 | N/A | 11.0 | 4.1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Acronym | BLT, DVD | −0.79 | N/A | 1.9 | 2.7 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Illegal String | MBM, HCP | −0.38 | N/A | 2.4 | 3.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |