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Table 52: Correlations of Length in Syllables from Each Language with Name Agreement
               in and across Languages
Table 53: Correlations of Length in Syllables from Each Language on Naming Latencies
               within and across Languages
Table 54: Unique Variance Contributed by Each Length Predictor to Name Agreement
               on the Last Step
Table 55: Unique Variance Contributed by Each Length Predictor to Naming Latencies
               on the Last Step
Table 56: Regressions on Name Agreement using both Length in Syllables and
               Syllable Type Frequency
Table 57: Regressions on Target RT using both Length in Syllables and
               Syllable Type Frequency
Table 58: Regressions on Name Agreement Using All Four Length Metrics
Table 59: Regressions on Target RT Using All Four Length Metrics


Table 52
Correlations of Length in Syllables from Each Language with Name Agreement in and across Languages

LENGTH IN SYLLABLES

English

German

Spanish

Italian

Bulgarian

Hungarian

Chinese

English

-.09*

ns

-.07~

-.15**

-.07~

-.08*

ns

German

-.06~

ns

-.08*

-.11**

-.08*

ns

ns

Spanish

-.07~

ns

-.13**

-.11**

ns

-.08*

ns

Italian

-.06~

ns

-.10**

-.18**

ns

ns

ns

Bulgarian

ns

+.10*

ns

-.08*

ns

-.15**

+.08*

Hungarian

-.10*

ns

-.08*

-.15**

-.09*

-.15**

ns

Chinese

na

ns

ns

-.15**

ns

-.08*

ns

"Other-Language Length"

-.08*

ns

-.09*

-.19**

ns

ns

ns

"Universal Length"

-.09*

ns

-.11**

-.20**

-.08~

-.09*

ns

(levels of significance: p<0.01 level: **, p<0.05 level: *, p<0.1 level: ~)



Table 53
Correlations of Length in Syllables from Each Language on Naming Latencies within and across Languages

LENGTH IN SYLLABLES

English

German

Spanish

Italian

Bulgarian

Hungarian

Chinese

English

+.16** +.18** +.12** +.19** +.15** +.13** +.12**

German

+.18** +.16** +.14** +.13** +.14** +.11** +.14**

Spanish

+.12** +.14** +.13** +.16** +.08* +.09* +.06~

Italian

+.19** +.13** +.16** +.14** ns ns ns

Bulgarian

+.15** +.14** +.08* ns ns ns ns

Hungarian

+.13** +.11** +.09* ns ns +.18** +.12**

Chinese

+.14** +.19** +.08* +.19** +.13** +.12** +.17**

"Other-Language Length"

+.14** +.14** +.14** +.22** +.16** +.11* +.11**

"Universal Length"

+.16** +.15** +.15** +.22** +.15** +.13** +.13**

(levels of significance: p<0.01 level: **, p<0.05 level: *, p<0.1 level: ~)



Table 54
Unique Variance Contributed by Each Length Predictor to Name Agreement on the Last Step
(Each in separate regressions, after goodness of depiction, visual complexity, word frequency and initial frication are controlled)

PREDICTORS

English

German

Spanish

Italian

Bulgarian

Hungarian

Chinese

Length in syllables ns ns -1.4** -1.8** ns -1.5** +0.9*
Syllable frequency type ns ns +1.5** +1.0* ns +2.4** +0.6~
Length in characters -0.8* ns -1.3** -1.8** -0.7* -1.5** not applicable
Word Complexity -1.5** ns -3.6** -2.4** ns -2.7** not applicable

(levels of significance: p<0.01 level: **, p<0.05 level: *, p<0.1 level: ~; plus/minus indicates direction of contribution)


Table 55
Unique Variance Contributed by Each Length Predictor to Naming Latencies on the Last Step
(Each in separate regressions, after goodness of depiction, visual complexity, word frequency and initial frication are controlled)

PREDICTORS

English

German

Spanish

Italian

Bulgarian

Hungarian

Chinese

Length in syllables ns ns +1.0** +0.6* ns +0.9* ns
Syllable frequency type ns ns -1.9** -1.2** -0.5* -1.4** -2.0**
Length in characters +0.5* ns +1.0** +0.6* +1.1** +1.6** not applicable
Word Complexity ns ns +2.0** ns ns +0.9* not applicable


(levels of significance: p<0.01 level: **, p<0.05 level: *, p<0.1 level: ~; plus/minus indicates direction of contribution)



Table 56
Regressions on Name Agreement using both Length in Syllables and Syllable Type Frequency
(Total variance & percent unique variance accounted for by each predictor after all the others are controlled)

PREDICTORS

English

German

Spanish

Italian

Bulgarian

Hungarian

Chinese

Goodness of Depiction

+14.5**

+7.0**

+6.3**

+4.9**

+7.0**

+7.0**

+10.8**

Visual Complexity

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

Initial Frication

+0.5~

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

Word Frequency

+3.2**

+3.5**

+0.8*

+2.9**

+0.8*

+0.5~

+6.3**

Length in Syllables

ns

ns

ns

-0.8*

ns

ns

+1.2**

Syllable Type Frequency

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

+1.3**

+0.9*

TOTAL

19.8**

11.6**

9.4**

11.4**

8.1**

11.4**

20.1**


(levels of significance: p<0.01 level: **, p<0.05 level: *, p<0.1 level: ~; plus/minus indicates direction of contribution)



Table 57
Regressions on Target RT using both Length in Syllables and Syllable Type Frequency
(Total variance & percent unique variance accounted for by each predictor on last step)

PREDICTORS

English

German

Spanish

Italian

Bulgarian

Hungarian

Chinese

Goodness of Depiction

-31.6** -22.7** -20.4** -19.8** -24.8** -21.0** -25.4**

Visual Complexity

ns +0.6* ns ns +0.6* ns ns

Initial Frication

ns +0.8* ns ns +0.6* ns ns

Word Frequency

-6.6** -5.2** -3.2** -8.2** -7.1** -3.9** -10.8**

Length in Syllables

ns ns ns ns ns ns ns

Syllable Type Frequency

ns ns -0.8* -0.6* ns -0.7* -2.0**

TOTAL

43.3** 33.5** 27.1** 31.4** 32.7** 29.1** 41.5**

(levels of significance: p<0.01 level: **, p<0.05 level: *, p<0.1 level: ~; plus/minus indicates direction of contribution)



Table 58
Regressions on Name Agreement Using All Four Length Metrics
(Total variance & percent unique variance accounted for by each predictor on last step)

PREDICTORS

English

German

Spanish

Italian

Bulgarian

Hungarian

Goodness of Depiction

+15.1**

+6.9**

+6.1**

+4.5**

+7.0**

+7.0**

Visual Complexity

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

Word Frequency

+1.2**

+3.2**

+1.2**

+2.4**

+.8*

ns

Initial Frication

+0.7*

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

Length in Syllables

ns

+0.6~

ns

ns

+0.5~

ns

Syllable Type Frequency

ns

ns

ns

ns

ns

+0.8*

Length in Characters

-0.7*

ns

ns

ns

-1.0*

ns

Word Complexity

-0.4~

ns

-2.5**

-1.1*

ns

-0.8*

4 Length Metrics Entered Together

(2.3**)

(ns)

(4.1**)

(3.0**)

(ns)

(3.7**)

TOTAL VARIANCE

22.1**

12.0**

11.9**

12.6**

9.1**

12.3**


(levels of significance: p<0.01 level: **, p<0.05 level: *, p<0.1 level: ~; plus/minus indicates direction of contribution)



Table 59
Regressions on Target RT Using All Four Length Metrics
(Total variance & percent unique variance accounted for by each predictor on last step)

PREDICTORS

English

German

Spanish

Italian

Bulgarian

Hungarian

Goodness of Depiction

-31.5** -22.7** -20.1** -19.7** -24.6** -20.8**

Visual Complexity

ns +0.6* ns ns +0.7* ns

Word Frequency

-5.6** -7.0** -3.6** -7.9** -6.9** -3.4**

Initial

Frication

ns +0.5~ ns ns ns ns

Length in Syllables

ns ns ns ns -0.5* ns

Syllable Type Frequency

ns ns -0.8* -0.5* ns -0.6*

Length in Characters

+0.6* ns ns ns +1.1** +0.5*

Word Complexity

ns ns +1.1* ns ns ns

4 Length Metrics Entered Together

(ns) (ns) (3.0**) (1.2**) (1.7**) (2.3**)

TOTAL

VARIANCE

43.9** 33.7** 28.2** 31.4** 33.8** 29.8**


(levels of significance: p<0.01 level: **, p<0.05 level: *, p<0.1 level: ~; plus/minus indicates direction of contribution)