Table 1.

Processing of semantic components in infancy.

Semantic Category	Languages Studied	Discrimination	Categorization
Containment/Support	Dutch, English, Korean	Tight/Loose-fit: 5 mos Containment: Unknown Support: Unknown	Tight/Loose-fit: 9 mos Containment: 6 mos Support: 14 mos
Figure/Ground	English, Japanese	Figures: 11 mos Grounds: 14 mos	Figures: Unknown Grounds: 14 mos
Path/Manner	English, Greek, Japanese, Mandarin, Spanish	Path: 7 mos Manner: 7 mos	Path: 10 mos Manner: 13 mos
Source/Goal	Arabic, Chinese, English	Goal: 12 mos Source: 12 mos*	Goal: 14 mos Source: Unknown
Basic Causality	Arabic, Chinese, English, German, Korean, Russian, Spanish	6 Months	Unknown
Force Dynamics	Arabic, English, German, Russian, Spanish	Unknown	Unknown

^*Note: Discrimination of sources required extra saliency cues at 12 months of age