Database of Semantic Shifts in numbers and figures

Overview Dynamics
Basic info
Semantic Shifts 10294
Realizations of Semantic shifts 48167
Average number of realizations per shift 4.68
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 2239
Number of unique meanings 4916
including:
unique source meanings 2808
unique target meanings 3677

Distribution of realisation types

Realization types

Distribution of shifts by Genetic or Areal grouping

Distribution types

Current progress of shifts verification

Shift statuses

Languages by Macroarea

Languages by Macroarea

Realizations by Macroarea

Realizations by Macroarea

Top language families by realisation number

top_families

Top language groups by realisation number

top_groups

Top 10 Taxons for Source

#TaxonShifts
1 Physical Properties 969
2 Body Parts 933
3 Physical Actions 923
4 Animals 806
5 Artifacts 734
6 Human Beings 618
7 Substances and Materials 528
8 Motion 507
9 Plants 418
10 Physiology 389

Top 10 Taxons for Target

#TaxonShifts
1 Animals 859
2 Human Beings 662
3 Social Actions and Relations 614
4 Artifacts 613
5 Plants 546
6 Body Parts 509
7 Human Qualities 497
8 Physiology 463
9 Evaluation 444
10 Time 407

Top 20 Macro Shifts

By Shifts: Each semantic shift is counted once, regardless of how many realizations it has.
# Source Taxon Target Taxon Realizations
1 Animals Animals 1316
2 Human Beings Human Beings 1088
3 Plants Plants 627
4 Artifacts Artifacts 547
5 Physical Properties Physical Properties 411
6 Body Parts Parts 322
7 Human Beings Animals 316
8 Animals Plants 280
9 Body Parts Body Parts 270
10 Animals Human Beings 232
11 Physical Properties Human Qualities 229
12 Artifacts Animals 222
13 Physical Properties Evaluation 197
14 Physical Properties Animals 191
15 Body Parts Artifacts 183
16 Time Time 183
17 Animals Artifacts 179
18 Physical Actions Physical Actions 177
19 Body Parts Geography 176
20 Physical Actions Social Actions and Relations 169