| Linguistic attributes | Scores |
| Equally important | 1 |
| Equal to moderately more important | 2 |
| Moderately more important | 3 |
| Moderately to strongly more important | 4 |
| Strongly more important | 5 |
| Strongly to very strongly more important | 6 |
| Very strongly more important | 7 |
| Very strongly to extremely more important | 8 |
| Extremely more important | 9 |