Climate and the consonant-vowel (CV) syllable: a replication within language families

Cross-Cultural Research Vol/Iss. 33 Published In Pages: 43-62
By Munroe, Robert L., Silander, Megan

Hypothesis

Within language families, consonant-vowel syllable use will be negatively associated with writing system (43, 50).

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
t-testSupportedp<.025UNKNOWNOne-tailed

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Cv SyllableDependentSpeech, Vocabulary, Phonology
Writing SystemIndependentWriting