Table 2 Matching of final items and target words for length, written frequency of occurrence and abstractness, according to sentence/word type and associativeness.
Sentence/word type | Length (# letters) | Frequency of use (Colfis) | # Concrete items |
|---|---|---|---|
   FINAL WORDS |  |  |  |
Idiomatic | 10.4 | 248.7 | 125 |
Literal | 11.2 | 258.5 | 120 |
   TARGET WORDS |  |  |  |
Idiom./A | 8.34 | 110.9 | 2 |
Idiom./NA | 7.72 | 120.7 | 2 |
Lit./A | 8.12 | 120.7 | 6 |
Lit./NA | 7.91 | 114.9 | 0 |