Table 4.

Correlations between the variables (Pearson’s r)

		Arousal	Dominance	Origin	Significance	Source	Frequency (LN)	Number of Letters
Valence	All words	–.15**	.64**	–.07**	.46**	.09**	.18**	–.04
	ANEW	–.06	.64**	–.11**	.4**	.16**	.15**	–.03
Arousal	All words		.21**	–.2**	.24**	–.07**	–.02	.08**
	ANEW		.29**	–.22**	.36**	–.12**	–.007	.11**
Dominance	All words			.15**	.5**	.1**	.13**	.007
	ANEW			.06*	.46**	.13**	.17**	–.01
Origin	All words				–.08**	.2**	–.03	–.03
	ANEW				–.16**	.25**	–.003	–.06*
Significance	All words					–.25**	.24**	.12**
	ANEW					–.25**	.26**	.1**
Source	All words						.05	–.22**
	ANEW						.02	–.15**
Frequency (LN)	All words							–.46**
	ANEW							–.38**

^** p < .001, ^* p < .05