Cross-language predictors of consonant-vowel syllables

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

Hypothesis

Mean number of syllables per word will be negatively associated with consonant-vowel score (736).

Note

Finding is opposite to expected. Relationship between baby-holding and CV score remains significant when added to the model with baby-holding, climate, and literacy.

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
CorrelationNot Supportedp<.001UNKNOWNTwo-tailed

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Consonant-vowel ScoreDependentSpeech, Vocabulary, Phonology
Mean Number Of SyllablesDependentLanguage