Database of Semantic Shifts in numbers and figures

Overview Dynamics

Basic info
Semantic Shifts	10294
Realizations of Semantic shifts	48163
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 Realizations: Each realization adds +1 to the macroshift count (shifts with more realizations weigh more).

#	Source Taxon		Target Taxon	Realizations
▶ 1	Human Beings	→	Human Beings	8220
	Human Beings	→	Human Beings	2350
	Human Beings	→	Human Beings. Kinship	1334
	Human Beings. Kinship	→	Human Beings	946
	Human Beings. Age	→	Human Beings	550
	Human Beings. Kinship	→	Human Beings. Kinship	479
▶ 2	Animals	→	Animals	6280
	Animals	→	Animals	1430
	Animals. Mammals	→	Animals	671
	Animals	→	Animals. Mammals	589
	Animals. Mammals	→	Animals. Mammals	499
	Animals	→	Animals. Arthropods	306
▶ 3	Body Parts	→	Body Parts	2599
	Body Parts	→	Body Parts	1700
	Body Parts	→	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	515
	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	→	Body Parts	246
	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	→	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	138
▶ 4	Artifacts	→	Artifacts	2395
	Artifacts	→	Artifacts	785
	Artifacts. Weapons	→	Artifacts	153
	Artifacts	→	Artifacts. Game Accessories	114
	Artifacts	→	Artifacts. Tools	103
	Artifacts. Tools	→	Artifacts	94
▶ 5	Plants	→	Plants	2241
	Plants	→	Plants	543
	Plants. Cultivated Plants	→	Plants	283
	Plants	→	Plants. Cultivated Plants	235
	Plants. Cultivated Plants	→	Plants. Cultivated Plants	230
	Plants. Trees and Shrubs	→	Plants	196
▶ 6	Physical Properties	→	Physical Properties	1991
	Physical Properties	→	Physical Properties	760
	Physical Properties. Size	→	Physical Properties	258
	Physical Properties	→	Physical Properties. Size	147
	Physical Properties. Colour	→	Physical Properties	146
	Physical Properties	→	Physical Properties. Sound	111
▶ 7	Astronomical Objects	→	Time	1828
	Astronomical Objects	→	Time	1150
	Astronomical Objects	→	Time. Months	494
	Astronomical Objects	→	Time. Days of the week	154
	Astronomical Objects	→	Time. Parts of the day	16
	Astronomical Objects	→	Time. Seasons	14
▶ 8	Body Parts	→	Parts	1607
	Body Parts	→	Parts	757
	Body Parts	→	Parts. Parts of Artifacts	365
	Body Parts	→	Parts. Parts of Plants	244
	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	→	Parts	73
	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	→	Parts. Parts of Plants	68
▶ 9	Human Beings	→	Artifacts	1359
	Human Beings	→	Artifacts. Game Accessories	349
	Human Beings	→	Artifacts	346
	Human Beings. Social Status	→	Artifacts. Game Accessories	187
	Human Beings. Social Status	→	Artifacts	177
	Human Beings. Professions	→	Artifacts. Game Accessories	130
▶ 10	Time	→	Time	1304
	Time	→	Time	687
	Time. Parts of the day	→	Time	175
	Time. Seasons	→	Time	121
	Time	→	Time. Months	70
	Time. Days of the week	→	Time	54
▶ 11	Animals	→	Artifacts	1188
	Animals	→	Artifacts	307
	Animals. Domestic Animals	→	Artifacts	130
	Animals	→	Artifacts. Game Accessories	111
	Animals	→	Artifacts. Devices	95
	Animals. Domestic Animals	→	Artifacts. Game Accessories	77
▶ 12	Human Beings	→	Animals	1079
	Human Beings	→	Animals	363
	Human Beings. Social Status	→	Animals	95
	Human Beings	→	Animals. Mammals	74
	Human Beings. Professions	→	Animals	74
	Human Beings	→	Animals. Birds	73
▶ 13	Physical Properties	→	Evaluation	1076
	Physical Properties	→	Evaluation	641
	Physical Properties. Shape	→	Evaluation	216
	Physical Properties. Size	→	Evaluation	114
	Physical Properties. Colour	→	Evaluation	57
	Physical Properties. Light	→	Evaluation	24
▶ 14	Physical Properties	→	Human Qualities	1059
	Physical Properties	→	Human Qualities	714
	Physical Properties. Shape	→	Human Qualities	122
	Physical Properties. Temperature	→	Human Qualities	84
	Physical Properties. Light	→	Human Qualities	53
	Physical Properties. Colour	→	Human Qualities	41
▶ 15	Animals	→	Plants	936
	Animals	→	Plants	208
	Animals	→	Plants. Herbaceous Plants	110
	Animals	→	Plants. Mushrooms	77
	Animals. Mammals	→	Plants	70
	Animals. Birds	→	Plants. Herbaceous Plants	56
▶ 16	Animals	→	Human Beings	926
	Animals	→	Human Beings	323
	Animals. Mammals	→	Human Beings	136
	Animals. Domestic Animals	→	Human Beings	75
	Animals	→	Human Beings. Social Status	51
	Animals. Baby Animals	→	Human Beings	46
▶ 17	Perception	→	Cognition	861
	Perception	→	Cognition	436
	Perception. Auditory	→	Cognition	194
	Perception. Visual	→	Cognition	193
	Perception. Gustatory	→	Cognition	28
	Perception. Olfactory	→	Cognition	8
▶ 18	Physical Properties	→	Human Beings	818
	Physical Properties	→	Human Beings	186
	Physical Properties	→	Human Beings. Age	171
	Physical Properties. Size	→	Human Beings	117
	Physical Properties. Size	→	Human Beings. Age	111
	Physical Properties. Colour	→	Human Beings	67
▶ 19	Substances and Materials	→	Substances and Materials	790
	Substances and Materials	→	Substances and Materials	790
▶ 20	Perception	→	Social Actions and Relations	790
	Perception	→	Social Actions and Relations	391
	Perception. Auditory	→	Social Actions and Relations	245
	Perception. Visual	→	Social Actions and Relations	143
	Perception. Tactile	→	Social Actions and Relations	8
	Perception. Gustatory	→	Social Actions and Relations	3