Cross-language predictors of consonant-vowel syllables

American Anthropologist • Vol/Iss. 101 • Published In • Pages: 730-742 •
By Ember, Melvin, Ember, Carol R.

Hypothesis

Literacy will be negatively associated with higher C-V scores as Munroe et. al. (1996) suggested (733).

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
CorrelationSupportedp<.005-.329UNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Consonant-vowel ScoreDependentSpeech, Vocabulary, Phonology
LiteracyIndependentWriting