Augmenting Weak Semantic Cognitive Maps with an “Abstractness” Dimension

Table 2

Pearson correlation coefficient 𝑅 and the corresponding accounted variance (𝑅²) of “abstractness” with PC1: valence, PC2: arousal, and PC3: freedom/dominance, measured in four augmented maps constructed based on WordNet 3.0 and the MS Word English, French, and German thesauri.

	PC1: valence		PC2: arousal		PC3: freedom, dominance
	𝑅	𝑅^2	𝑅	𝑅^2	𝑅	𝑅^2
WordNet	0.09	0.8%	−0.07	0.5%	−0.01	0% (NS)
MS Word English	0.12	1.4%	0.01	0% (NS)	−0.03	0.1% (NS)
MS Word French	0.11	1.2%	0.02	0% (NS)	0.01	0% (NS)
MS Word German	0.14	2.0%	−0.02	0% (NS)	0	0% (NS)