Database of Semantic Shifts in numbers and figures

Overview Dynamics

Basic info
Semantic Shifts	10498
Realizations of Semantic shifts	50196
Average number of realizations per shift	4.78
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	2352
Number of unique meanings	4970
including:
unique source meanings	2846
unique target meanings	3728

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	950
2	Body Parts	946
3	Physical Properties	933
4	Animals	778
5	Artifacts	699
6	Human Beings	614
7	Substances and Materials	549
8	Motion	512
9	Physiology	409
10	Plants	396

Top 10 Taxons for Target

#	Taxon	Shifts
1	Animals	832
2	Human Beings	633
3	Social Actions and Relations	602
4	Artifacts	587
5	Plants	532
6	Body Parts	524
7	Human Qualities	502
8	Physiology	487
9	Evaluation	462
10	Physical Properties	392

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	1279
	Animals	→	Animals	288
	Animals. Mammals	→	Animals	135
	Animals	→	Animals. Mammals	117
	Animals. Mammals	→	Animals. Mammals	100
	Animals	→	Animals. Birds	72
▶ 2	Human Beings	→	Human Beings	1028
	Human Beings	→	Human Beings	235
	Human Beings. Kinship	→	Human Beings	135
	Human Beings	→	Human Beings. Kinship	124
	Human Beings. Kinship	→	Human Beings. Kinship	97
	Human Beings	→	Human Beings. Social Status	58
▶ 3	Plants	→	Plants	610
	Plants	→	Plants	131
	Plants. Trees and Shrubs	→	Plants	65
	Plants. Trees and Shrubs	→	Plants. Trees and Shrubs	60
	Plants. Cultivated Plants	→	Plants	55
	Plants	→	Plants. Cultivated Plants	51
▶ 4	Artifacts	→	Artifacts	496
	Artifacts	→	Artifacts	157
	Artifacts	→	Artifacts. Tools	33
	Artifacts. Weapons	→	Artifacts	29
	Artifacts. Tools	→	Artifacts	28
	Artifacts	→	Artifacts. Weapons	20
▶ 5	Physical Properties	→	Physical Properties	377
	Physical Properties	→	Physical Properties	136
	Physical Properties. Size	→	Physical Properties	41
	Physical Properties. Colour	→	Physical Properties	23
	Physical Properties	→	Physical Properties. Sound	22
	Physical Properties	→	Physical Properties. Size	17
▶ 6	Body Parts	→	Body Parts	357
	Body Parts	→	Body Parts	175
	Body Parts	→	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	45
	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	→	Body Parts	36
	Body Parts. Internal Organs	→	Body Parts	30
	Body Parts. Internal Organs	→	Body Parts. Internal Organs	30
▶ 7	Body Parts	→	Parts	332
	Body Parts	→	Parts	129
	Body Parts	→	Parts. Parts of Artifacts	76
	Body Parts	→	Parts. Parts of Plants	43
	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	→	Parts	20
	Body Parts	→	Parts. Parts of Buildings	17
▶ 8	Human Beings	→	Animals	306
	Human Beings	→	Animals	78
	Human Beings. Professions	→	Animals	26
	Human Beings	→	Animals. Birds	25
	Human Beings	→	Animals. Arthropods	22
	Human Beings. Social Status	→	Animals	22
▶ 9	Animals	→	Plants	277
	Animals	→	Plants	59
	Animals	→	Plants. Herbaceous Plants	38
	Animals. Mammals	→	Plants	26
	Animals	→	Plants. Mushrooms	19
	Animals. Mammals	→	Plants. Herbaceous Plants	12
▶ 10	Animals	→	Human Beings	235
	Animals	→	Human Beings	68
	Animals. Mammals	→	Human Beings	25
	Animals	→	Human Beings. Social Status	19
	Animals. Birds	→	Human Beings	15
	Animals. Domestic Animals	→	Human Beings	14
▶ 11	Artifacts	→	Body Parts	218
	Artifacts	→	Body Parts	71
	Artifacts	→	Body Parts. Internal Organs	32
	Artifacts	→	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	25
	Artifacts. Tools	→	Body Parts	18
	Artifacts. Tools	→	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	10
▶ 12	Physical Properties	→	Human Qualities	217
	Physical Properties	→	Human Qualities	136
	Physical Properties. Shape	→	Human Qualities	25
	Physical Properties. Size	→	Human Qualities	16
	Physical Properties. Temperature	→	Human Qualities	13
	Physical Properties. Colour	→	Human Qualities	13
▶ 13	Artifacts	→	Animals	210
	Artifacts	→	Animals	55
	Artifacts. Tools	→	Animals	21
	Artifacts	→	Animals. Invertebrates	17
	Artifacts	→	Animals. Arthropods	16
	Artifacts. Weapons	→	Animals	12
▶ 14	Body Parts	→	Artifacts	199
	Body Parts	→	Artifacts	76
	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	→	Artifacts	24
	Body Parts	→	Artifacts. Tools	17
	Body Parts	→	Artifacts. Clothes and Footwear	10
	Body Parts	→	Artifacts. Weapons	10
▶ 15	Physical Properties	→	Evaluation	194
	Physical Properties	→	Evaluation	118
	Physical Properties. Shape	→	Evaluation	21
	Physical Properties. Size	→	Evaluation	18
	Physical Properties. Colour	→	Evaluation	17
	Physical Properties. Light	→	Evaluation	10
▶ 16	Physical Actions	→	Physical Actions	192
	Physical Actions	→	Physical Actions	192
▶ 17	Physical Properties	→	Animals	190
	Physical Properties	→	Animals	44
	Physical Properties. Colour	→	Animals	29
	Physical Properties	→	Animals. Birds	15
	Physical Properties	→	Animals. Mammals	13
	Physical Properties. Colour	→	Animals. Birds	12
▶ 18	Body Parts	→	Geography	182
	Body Parts	→	Geography	71
	Body Parts	→	Geography. Terrain	42
	Body Parts	→	Geography. Coastal Landforms	18
	Body Parts	→	Geography. Water bodies	16
	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	→	Geography	12
▶ 19	Physical Actions	→	Social Actions and Relations	166
	Physical Actions	→	Social Actions and Relations	166
▶ 20	Body Parts	→	Animals	165
	Body Parts	→	Animals	48
	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	→	Animals	26
	Body Parts	→	Animals. Mammals	21
	Body Parts	→	Animals. Birds	13
	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	→	Animals. Mammals	12