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

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 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

#	Taxon	Shifts
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 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	1316
	Animals	→	Animals	309
	Animals. Mammals	→	Animals	140
	Animals	→	Animals. Mammals	118
	Animals. Mammals	→	Animals. Mammals	100
	Animals	→	Animals. Birds	74
▶ 2	Human Beings	→	Human Beings	1088
	Human Beings	→	Human Beings	269
	Human Beings. Kinship	→	Human Beings	165
	Human Beings	→	Human Beings. Kinship	125
	Human Beings. Kinship	→	Human Beings. Kinship	98
	Human Beings	→	Human Beings. Social Status	57
▶ 3	Plants	→	Plants	627
	Plants	→	Plants	143
	Plants. Trees and Shrubs	→	Plants	68
	Plants. Trees and Shrubs	→	Plants. Trees and Shrubs	60
	Plants. Cultivated Plants	→	Plants	55
	Plants	→	Plants. Trees and Shrubs	53
▶ 4	Artifacts	→	Artifacts	547
	Artifacts	→	Artifacts	182
	Artifacts. Weapons	→	Artifacts	34
	Artifacts	→	Artifacts. Tools	31
	Artifacts	→	Artifacts. Game Accessories	29
	Artifacts. Tools	→	Artifacts	28
▶ 5	Physical Properties	→	Physical Properties	411
	Physical Properties	→	Physical Properties	158
	Physical Properties. Size	→	Physical Properties	44
	Physical Properties	→	Physical Properties. Sound	26
	Physical Properties	→	Physical Properties. Size	24
	Physical Properties. Colour	→	Physical Properties	23
▶ 6	Body Parts	→	Parts	322
	Body Parts	→	Parts	137
	Body Parts	→	Parts. Parts of Artifacts	75
	Body Parts	→	Parts. Parts of Plants	43
	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	→	Parts	22
	Body Parts	→	Parts. Parts of Buildings	17
▶ 7	Human Beings	→	Animals	316
	Human Beings	→	Animals	83
	Human Beings. Professions	→	Animals	26
	Human Beings	→	Animals. Birds	25
	Human Beings. Social Status	→	Animals	24
	Human Beings	→	Animals. Arthropods	23
▶ 8	Animals	→	Plants	280
	Animals	→	Plants	61
	Animals	→	Plants. Herbaceous Plants	38
	Animals. Mammals	→	Plants	25
	Animals	→	Plants. Mushrooms	19
	Animals. Arthropods	→	Plants	11
▶ 9	Body Parts	→	Body Parts	270
	Body Parts	→	Body Parts	176
	Body Parts	→	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	45
	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	→	Body Parts	36
	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	→	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	13
▶ 10	Animals	→	Human Beings	232
	Animals	→	Human Beings	69
	Animals. Mammals	→	Human Beings	25
	Animals	→	Human Beings. Social Status	22
	Animals. Domestic Animals	→	Human Beings	14
	Animals. Birds	→	Human Beings	13
▶ 11	Physical Properties	→	Human Qualities	229
	Physical Properties	→	Human Qualities	147
	Physical Properties. Shape	→	Human Qualities	26
	Physical Properties. Size	→	Human Qualities	16
	Physical Properties. Colour	→	Human Qualities	13
	Physical Properties. Temperature	→	Human Qualities	13
▶ 12	Artifacts	→	Animals	222
	Artifacts	→	Animals	63
	Artifacts. Tools	→	Animals	22
	Artifacts	→	Animals. Invertebrates	18
	Artifacts	→	Animals. Arthropods	17
	Artifacts. Weapons	→	Animals	12
▶ 13	Physical Properties	→	Evaluation	197
	Physical Properties	→	Evaluation	123
	Physical Properties. Shape	→	Evaluation	19
	Physical Properties. Size	→	Evaluation	18
	Physical Properties. Colour	→	Evaluation	17
	Physical Properties. Light	→	Evaluation	10
▶ 14	Physical Properties	→	Animals	191
	Physical Properties	→	Animals	46
	Physical Properties. Colour	→	Animals	29
	Physical Properties	→	Animals. Mammals	14
	Physical Properties	→	Animals. Birds	14
	Physical Properties. Colour	→	Animals. Mammals	12
▶ 15	Body Parts	→	Artifacts	183
	Body Parts	→	Artifacts	79
	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	→	Artifacts	22
	Body Parts	→	Artifacts. Tools	16
	Body Parts	→	Artifacts. Clothes and Footwear	10
	Body Parts	→	Artifacts. Weapons	9
▶ 16	Time	→	Time	183
	Time	→	Time	76
	Time	→	Time. Months	27
	Time. Seasons	→	Time	23
	Time. Seasons	→	Time. Months	14
	Time. Parts of the day	→	Time	9
▶ 17	Animals	→	Artifacts	179
	Animals	→	Artifacts	46
	Animals. Birds	→	Artifacts	16
	Animals. Domestic Animals	→	Artifacts	11
	Animals	→	Artifacts. Devices	10
	Animals	→	Artifacts. Game Accessories	9
▶ 18	Physical Actions	→	Physical Actions	177
	Physical Actions	→	Physical Actions	177
▶ 19	Body Parts	→	Geography	176
	Body Parts	→	Geography	73
	Body Parts	→	Geography. Terrain	42
	Body Parts	→	Geography. Coastal Landforms	18
	Body Parts	→	Geography. Water bodies	16
	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	→	Geography	12
▶ 20	Physical Actions	→	Social Actions and Relations	169
	Physical Actions	→	Social Actions and Relations	169