Database of Semantic Shifts in numbers and figures

Overview Dynamics

Basic info
Semantic Shifts	10596
Realizations of Semantic shifts	51788
Average number of realizations per shift	4.89
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	2434
Number of unique meanings	4993
including:
unique source meanings	2857
unique target meanings	3745

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	951
2	Body Parts	902
3	Physical Properties	856
4	Animals	731
5	Artifacts	677
6	Human Beings	588
7	Substances and Materials	556
8	Motion	518
9	Physiology	413
10	Plants	383

Top 10 Taxons for Target

#	Taxon	Shifts
1	Animals	760
2	Social Actions and Relations	599
3	Human Beings	586
4	Artifacts	571
5	Evaluation	517
6	Body Parts	510
7	Plants	508
8	Human Qualities	499
9	Physiology	489
10	Physical Properties	379

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	7810
	Human Beings	→	Human Beings	1890
	Human Beings	→	Human Beings. Kinship	1336
	Human Beings. Kinship	→	Human Beings	715
	Human Beings. Age	→	Human Beings	512
	Human Beings	→	Human Beings. Social Status	497
▶ 2	Animals	→	Animals	5772
	Animals	→	Animals	1160
	Animals. Mammals	→	Animals	626
	Animals	→	Animals. Mammals	588
	Animals. Mammals	→	Animals. Mammals	508
	Animals	→	Animals. Birds	259
▶ 3	Body Parts	→	Body Parts	3471
	Body Parts	→	Body Parts	1563
	Body Parts. Internal Organs	→	Body Parts. Internal Organs	479
	Body Parts. Internal Organs	→	Body Parts	438
	Body Parts	→	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	421
	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	→	Body Parts	259
▶ 4	Plants	→	Plants	2135
	Plants	→	Plants	454
	Plants. Cultivated Plants	→	Plants	244
	Plants. Cultivated Plants	→	Plants. Cultivated Plants	243
	Plants	→	Plants. Cultivated Plants	211
	Plants. Trees and Shrubs	→	Plants	198
▶ 5	Artifacts	→	Artifacts	2110
	Artifacts	→	Artifacts	625
	Artifacts. Weapons	→	Artifacts	134
	Artifacts	→	Artifacts. Devices	102
	Artifacts	→	Artifacts. Tools	96
	Artifacts. Tools	→	Artifacts	86
▶ 6	Physical Properties	→	Physical Properties	1811
	Physical Properties	→	Physical Properties	590
	Physical Properties. Size	→	Physical Properties	264
	Physical Properties. Colour	→	Physical Properties	148
	Physical Properties. Size	→	Physical Properties. Size	109
	Physical Properties	→	Physical Properties. Size	107
▶ 7	Astronomical Objects	→	Time	1802
	Astronomical Objects	→	Time	1091
	Astronomical Objects	→	Time. Months	500
	Astronomical Objects	→	Time. Days of the week	181
	Astronomical Objects	→	Time. Parts of the day	16
	Astronomical Objects	→	Time. Seasons	14
▶ 8	Body Parts	→	Parts	1637
	Body Parts	→	Parts	715
	Body Parts	→	Parts. Parts of Artifacts	367
	Body Parts	→	Parts. Parts of Plants	228
	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	→	Parts	71
	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	→	Parts. Parts of Plants	68
▶ 9	Physical Properties	→	Evaluation	1386
	Physical Properties	→	Evaluation	808
	Physical Properties. Shape	→	Evaluation	238
	Physical Properties. Size	→	Evaluation	217
	Physical Properties. Colour	→	Evaluation	65
	Physical Properties. Light	→	Evaluation	33
▶ 10	Human Beings	→	Artifacts	1351
	Human Beings	→	Artifacts	347
	Human Beings	→	Artifacts. Game Accessories	347
	Human Beings. Social Status	→	Artifacts. Game Accessories	187
	Human Beings. Social Status	→	Artifacts	175
	Human Beings. Professions	→	Artifacts. Game Accessories	130
▶ 11	Time	→	Time	1246
	Time	→	Time	640
	Time. Parts of the day	→	Time	201
	Time. Seasons	→	Time	105
	Time. Days of the week	→	Time	59
	Time	→	Time. Parts of the day	55
▶ 12	Animals	→	Artifacts	1088
	Animals	→	Artifacts	263
	Animals	→	Artifacts. Game Accessories	107
	Animals. Domestic Animals	→	Artifacts	97
	Animals	→	Artifacts. Devices	95
	Animals. Domestic Animals	→	Artifacts. Game Accessories	77
▶ 13	Substances and Materials	→	Substances and Materials	1053
	Substances and Materials	→	Substances and Materials	1053
▶ 14	Human Beings	→	Animals	1041
	Human Beings	→	Animals	345
	Human Beings. Social Status	→	Animals	86
	Human Beings	→	Animals. Mammals	74
	Human Beings	→	Animals. Birds	73
	Human Beings. Professions	→	Animals	73
▶ 15	Physical Properties	→	Human Qualities	1037
	Physical Properties	→	Human Qualities	679
	Physical Properties. Shape	→	Human Qualities	118
	Physical Properties. Temperature	→	Human Qualities	88
	Physical Properties. Light	→	Human Qualities	52
	Physical Properties. Colour	→	Human Qualities	41
▶ 16	Animals	→	Human Beings	980
	Animals	→	Human Beings	349
	Animals. Mammals	→	Human Beings	135
	Animals. Domestic Animals	→	Human Beings	75
	Animals. Birds	→	Human Beings	58
	Animals. Baby Animals	→	Human Beings	47
▶ 17	Artifacts	→	Body Parts	971
	Artifacts	→	Body Parts	256
	Artifacts	→	Body Parts. Internal Organs	149
	Artifacts	→	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	122
	Artifacts. Tools	→	Body Parts. Internal Organs	82
	Artifacts. Tools	→	Body Parts	71
▶ 18	Perception	→	Cognition	944
	Perception	→	Cognition	468
	Perception. Auditory	→	Cognition	229
	Perception. Visual	→	Cognition	209
	Perception. Gustatory	→	Cognition	28
	Perception. Olfactory	→	Cognition	8
▶ 19	Animals	→	Plants	940
	Animals	→	Plants	198
	Animals	→	Plants. Herbaceous Plants	118
	Animals. Mammals	→	Plants	79
	Animals	→	Plants. Mushrooms	67
	Animals. Birds	→	Plants. Herbaceous Plants	56
▶ 20	Perception	→	Social Actions and Relations	819
	Perception	→	Social Actions and Relations	406
	Perception. Auditory	→	Social Actions and Relations	244
	Perception. Visual	→	Social Actions and Relations	155
	Perception. Tactile	→	Social Actions and Relations	11
	Perception. Gustatory	→	Social Actions and Relations	3