The Database of Semantic Shifts in the languages of the world

8 shifts found

[{"direction": "\u2192", "id": 438, "source": "letter (character)", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Semiotics; Text", "target": "word", "target_tags": "Speech"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 4712, "source": "to explain", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Speech", "target": "to translate", "target_tags": "Speech; Text"}, {"direction": "\u2014", "id": 5392, "source": "word", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Speech", "target": "letter (text)", "target_tags": "Semiotics; Text"}, {"direction": "\u2014", "id": 5393, "source": "word", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Speech", "target": "book (n.)", "target_tags": "Artifacts; Text"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 5728, "source": "promise (n.)", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Social Actions and Relations; Speech", "target": "will (legal document)", "target_tags": "Text"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 7879, "source": "news", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Speech; Text", "target": "newspaper", "target_tags": "Text"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 10237, "source": "word", "source2": "box, container", "source_tags": "Speech", "target": "dictionary", "target_tags": "Text"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 10610, "source": "to write", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Speech", "target": "letter (text)", "target_tags": "Semiotics; Text"}]

ID	Meaning 1	Taxons 1	Direction	Meaning 2	Taxons 2
438	letter (character)	Semiotics; Text	→	word	Speech
4712	to explain	Speech	→	to translate	Speech; Text
5392	word	Speech	—	letter (text)	Semiotics; Text
5393	word	Speech	—	book (n.)	Artifacts; Text
5728	promise (n.)	Social Actions and Relations; Speech	→	will (legal document)	Text
7879	news	Speech; Text	→	newspaper	Text
10237	word + box, container	Speech	→	dictionary	Text
10610	to write	Speech	→	letter (text)	Semiotics; Text