Table 6 Correlation coefficients between item types.

From: COGMED: a database for Chinese olfactory and gustatory metaphor

Dimension	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Olfaction (sample:96)
	Metaphorical Adjective (145 items)
1. Familiarity		0.93**	−0.54**	0.27**	0.91**	0.91**	0.88**
2. Meaningfulness			−0.48**	0.22**	0.96**	0.93**	0.84**
3. Figurativeness				0.04	−0.51**	−0.50**	−0.56**
4. Valence					0.23**	0.31**	0.10
5. Difficulty						0.95**	0.80**
6. Imageability							0.80**
7. Naturalness
	Metaphorical Verb (27 items)
1. Familiarity		0.86**	−0.03	0.18	0.80**	0.83**	0.78**
2. Meaningfulness			0.15	0.12	0.92**	0.87**	0.80**
3. Figurativeness				0.04	−0.01	−0.01	0.06
4. Valence					0.12	0.12	0.03
5. Difficulty						0.92**	0.77**
6. Imageability							0.76**
7. Naturalness
	Metaphorical Noun (15 items)
1. Familiarity		0.95**	−0.13	0.29	0.83**	0.66**	0.97**
2. Meaningfulness			−0.17	0.19	0.93**	0.70**	0.95**
3. Figurativeness				−0.53*	0.08	0.54*	−0.19
4. Valence					0.04	−0.22	0.33
5. Difficulty						0.86**	0.83**
6. Imageability							0.64**
7. Naturalness
	Gustation (sample:99)
	Metaphorical Adjective (178 items)
1. Familiarity		0.87**	−0.17*	0.25**	0.79**	0.79**	0.81**
2. Meaningfulness			−0.20**	0.17*	0.93**	0.90**	0.86**
3. Figurativeness				0.04	−0.16*	−0.17*	−0.16*
4. Valence					0.19*	0.20**	0.07
5. Difficulty						0.92**	0.77**
6. Imageability							0.76**
7. Naturalness
	Metaphorical Verb (17 items)
1. Familiarity		0.90**	0.29	0.17	0.83**	0.70**	0.62**
2. Meaningfulness			0.39	0.13	0.88**	0.82**	0.65**
3. Figurativeness				−0.04	0.32	0.14	0.14
4. Valence					0.35	0.06	−0.02
5. Difficulty						0.69*	0.43
6. Imageability							0.36
7. Naturalness
	Metaphorical Noun (34 items)
1. Familiarity		0.96**	0.07	0.41*	0.94**	0.87**	0.91**
2. Meaningfulness			0.11	0.29	0.98**	0.94**	0.95**
3. Figurativeness				−0.07	0.15	0.25	0.18
4. Valence					0.21	0.10	0.17
5. Difficulty						0.96**	0.97**
6. Imageability							0.95**
7. Naturalness

*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01.

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