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

Words "used primarily in writing are likely to display lower CV values than words that are used mostly for oral communication" (52).

Data was examined in the family of Indo-European languages.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
`UNKNOWN`	Not Supported	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Cv Syllable	`UNKNOWN`	Speech, Vocabulary, Phonology
Writing	`UNKNOWN`	Writing

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Munroe, Robert L.	1999	Within language families, consonant-vowel syllable use will be negatively associated with writing system (43, 50).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Munroe, Robert L.	1999	Within language families, consonant-vowel syllable use will be positively associated with warm climate (43, 49).	Partially supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Munroe, Robert L.	1996	The number of consonant-vowel syllables will be positively associated with temperature (60, 64).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Munroe, Robert L.	1996	The number of consonant-vowel syllables will be negatively associated with written language (61, 65).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Murdock, George Peter	1959	Ma and Na sound classes will be used for the mother, while Pa and Ta sound classes will be used for the father (2, 4).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author