Table 1.

Mean Semantic and Lexical Properties of all Taxonomic and Thematic Words

	Taxonomic	Thematic	Comparisons
Similarity Rating	4.79 (1.01)	2.89 (0.87)	t(94) = 9.72, p < .001
Relatedness Rating	3.23 (0.94)	5.79 (0.87)	t(94) = −13.69, p < .001
Difference Score	1.55 (0.55)	2.90 (0.78)	t(94) = −9.72, p < .001
Number of Letters	5.25 (1.98)	5.33 (1.65)	t(94) = −0.22, p = 0.83
Number of Phonemes	4.38 (1.73)	4.52 (1.55)	t(94) = −0.43, p = 0.67
Word Frequency (log)	1.23 (0.6)	1.39 (0.51)	t(94) = −1.40, p = 0.16
Orthographic Neighborhood	10.17 (10.17)	7.21 (7.65)	t(94) = 1.59, p = 0.11
Imageability*	578.47 (42.14)	590.48 (40.62)	t(67) = −1.20, p = 0.23

Note. SE in parentheses.

^*Imageability ratings were only available for 69 of the 96 words (72%).