Database of Semantic Shifts in numbers and figures

Overview Dynamics
Basic info
Semantic Shifts 10434
Realizations of Semantic shifts 49459
Average number of realizations per shift 4.74
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 2328
Number of unique meanings 4942
including:
unique source meanings 2831
unique target meanings 3709

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 Actions 946
2 Body Parts 945
3 Physical Properties 926
4 Animals 792
5 Artifacts 705
6 Human Beings 612
7 Substances and Materials 538
8 Motion 512
9 Plants 413
10 Physiology 404

Top 10 Taxons for Target

#TaxonShifts
1 Animals 837
2 Human Beings 634
3 Social Actions and Relations 629
4 Artifacts 595
5 Plants 539
6 Body Parts 520
7 Human Qualities 495
8 Physiology 483
9 Evaluation 456
10 Physical Properties 392

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 1290
2 Human Beings Human Beings 1020
3 Plants Plants 625
4 Artifacts Artifacts 509
5 Physical Properties Physical Properties 377
6 Body Parts Body Parts 357
7 Body Parts Parts 332
8 Human Beings Animals 310
9 Animals Plants 277
10 Animals Human Beings 238
11 Physical Properties Human Qualities 214
12 Artifacts Body Parts 214
13 Artifacts Animals 212
14 Body Parts Artifacts 198
15 Physical Properties Evaluation 194
16 Physical Actions Physical Actions 189
17 Physical Properties Animals 184
18 Body Parts Geography 182
19 Physical Actions Social Actions and Relations 171
20 Body Parts Animals 165