Database of Semantic Shifts in numbers and figures

Overview Dynamics

Basic info
Semantic Shifts	10548
Realizations of Semantic shifts	51359
Average number of realizations per shift	4.87
Median number of realizations per shift for the total database	2.0
Median number of realizations per shift for Accepted and Single shifts only	4.0
Languages used	2428
Number of unique meanings	4987
including:
unique source meanings	2854
unique target meanings	3734

Distribution of realisation types

Distribution of shifts by Genetic or Areal grouping

Current progress of shifts verification

Languages by Macroarea

Realizations by Macroarea

Top language families by realisation number

Top language groups by realisation number

Top 10 Taxons for Source

#	Taxon	Shifts
1	Physical Actions	952
2	Body Parts	899
3	Physical Properties	852
4	Animals	726
5	Artifacts	672
6	Human Beings	586
7	Substances and Materials	552
8	Motion	517
9	Physiology	413
10	Plants	383

Top 10 Taxons for Target

#	Taxon	Shifts
1	Animals	757
2	Social Actions and Relations	595
3	Human Beings	583
4	Artifacts	570
5	Body Parts	510
6	Evaluation	510
7	Plants	508
8	Human Qualities	499
9	Physiology	491
10	Physical Properties	378

Top 20 Macro Shifts

By Shifts By Realizations

By Shifts: Each semantic shift is counted once, regardless of how many realizations it has.

#	Source Taxon		Target Taxon	Realizations
▶ 1	Animals	→	Animals	1174
	Animals	→	Animals	241
	Animals. Mammals	→	Animals	125
	Animals	→	Animals. Mammals	106
	Animals. Mammals	→	Animals. Mammals	99
	Animals	→	Animals. Birds	70
▶ 2	Human Beings	→	Human Beings	940
	Human Beings	→	Human Beings	194
	Human Beings. Kinship	→	Human Beings	114
	Human Beings	→	Human Beings. Kinship	112
	Human Beings. Kinship	→	Human Beings. Kinship	96
	Human Beings	→	Human Beings. Social Status	62
▶ 3	Plants	→	Plants	584
	Plants	→	Plants	115
	Plants. Trees and Shrubs	→	Plants	64
	Plants. Trees and Shrubs	→	Plants. Trees and Shrubs	62
	Plants. Cultivated Plants	→	Plants	50
	Plants	→	Plants. Trees and Shrubs	48
▶ 4	Artifacts	→	Artifacts	476
	Artifacts	→	Artifacts	146
	Artifacts	→	Artifacts. Tools	32
	Artifacts. Weapons	→	Artifacts	28
	Artifacts. Tools	→	Artifacts	27
	Artifacts	→	Artifacts. Game Accessories	20
▶ 5	Physical Properties	→	Physical Properties	365
	Physical Properties	→	Physical Properties	127
	Physical Properties. Size	→	Physical Properties	41
	Physical Properties. Colour	→	Physical Properties	23
	Physical Properties	→	Physical Properties. Sound	22
	Physical Properties	→	Physical Properties. Size	15
▶ 6	Body Parts	→	Body Parts	343
	Body Parts	→	Body Parts	163
	Body Parts	→	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	42
	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	→	Body Parts	37
	Body Parts. Internal Organs	→	Body Parts. Internal Organs	30
	Body Parts. Internal Organs	→	Body Parts	29
▶ 7	Body Parts	→	Parts	319
	Body Parts	→	Parts	122
	Body Parts	→	Parts. Parts of Artifacts	73
	Body Parts	→	Parts. Parts of Plants	40
	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	→	Parts	21
	Body Parts	→	Parts. Parts of Buildings	16
▶ 8	Human Beings	→	Animals	285
	Human Beings	→	Animals	70
	Human Beings	→	Animals. Birds	25
	Human Beings. Professions	→	Animals	25
	Human Beings	→	Animals. Arthropods	21
	Human Beings. Social Status	→	Animals	19
▶ 9	Animals	→	Plants	263
	Animals	→	Plants	53
	Animals	→	Plants. Herbaceous Plants	37
	Animals. Mammals	→	Plants	24
	Animals	→	Plants. Mushrooms	17
	Animals. Mammals	→	Plants. Herbaceous Plants	12
▶ 10	Animals	→	Human Beings	224
	Animals	→	Human Beings	64
	Animals. Mammals	→	Human Beings	24
	Animals. Birds	→	Human Beings	15
	Animals	→	Human Beings. Social Status	15
	Animals. Domestic Animals	→	Human Beings	14
▶ 11	Physical Properties	→	Human Qualities	210
	Physical Properties	→	Human Qualities	130
	Physical Properties. Shape	→	Human Qualities	25
	Physical Properties. Size	→	Human Qualities	15
	Physical Properties. Colour	→	Human Qualities	13
	Physical Properties. Temperature	→	Human Qualities	13
▶ 12	Physical Properties	→	Evaluation	206
	Physical Properties	→	Evaluation	125
	Physical Properties. Shape	→	Evaluation	22
	Physical Properties. Size	→	Evaluation	19
	Physical Properties. Colour	→	Evaluation	19
	Physical Properties. Light	→	Evaluation	10
▶ 13	Artifacts	→	Body Parts	202
	Artifacts	→	Body Parts	65
	Artifacts	→	Body Parts. Internal Organs	29
	Artifacts	→	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	24
	Artifacts. Tools	→	Body Parts	15
	Artifacts. Tools	→	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	10
▶ 14	Artifacts	→	Animals	201
	Artifacts	→	Animals	50
	Artifacts. Tools	→	Animals	20
	Artifacts	→	Animals. Invertebrates	16
	Artifacts	→	Animals. Arthropods	16
	Artifacts. Weapons	→	Animals	11
▶ 15	Physical Actions	→	Physical Actions	193
	Physical Actions	→	Physical Actions	193
▶ 16	Body Parts	→	Artifacts	184
	Body Parts	→	Artifacts	67
	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	→	Artifacts	22
	Body Parts	→	Artifacts. Tools	15
	Body Parts	→	Artifacts. Clothes and Footwear	10
	Body Parts	→	Artifacts. Weapons	10
▶ 17	Body Parts	→	Geography	178
	Body Parts	→	Geography	68
	Body Parts	→	Geography. Terrain	42
	Body Parts	→	Geography. Coastal Landforms	18
	Body Parts	→	Geography. Water bodies	15
	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	→	Geography	12
▶ 18	Physical Actions	→	Social Actions and Relations	166
	Physical Actions	→	Social Actions and Relations	166
▶ 19	Animals	→	Artifacts	163
	Animals	→	Artifacts	38
	Animals. Birds	→	Artifacts	13
	Animals	→	Artifacts. Devices	10
	Animals	→	Artifacts. Game Accessories	8
	Animals. Arthropods	→	Artifacts	8
▶ 20	Physical Properties	→	Animals	158
	Physical Properties	→	Animals	30
	Physical Properties. Colour	→	Animals	25
	Physical Properties. Colour	→	Animals. Birds	12
	Physical Properties. Colour	→	Animals. Mammals	12
	Physical Properties	→	Animals. Birds	12