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

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	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

#	Taxon	Shifts
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 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	7948
	Human Beings	→	Human Beings	2186
	Human Beings	→	Human Beings. Kinship	1340
	Human Beings. Kinship	→	Human Beings	767
	Human Beings. Age	→	Human Beings	542
	Human Beings. Kinship	→	Human Beings. Kinship	481
▶ 2	Animals	→	Animals	6233
	Animals	→	Animals	1393
	Animals. Mammals	→	Animals	649
	Animals	→	Animals. Mammals	597
	Animals. Mammals	→	Animals. Mammals	499
	Animals	→	Animals. Arthropods	302
▶ 3	Body Parts	→	Body Parts	3688
	Body Parts	→	Body Parts	1705
	Body Parts	→	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	518
	Body Parts. Internal Organs	→	Body Parts. Internal Organs	475
	Body Parts. Internal Organs	→	Body Parts	449
	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	→	Body Parts	247
▶ 4	Plants	→	Plants	2252
	Plants	→	Plants	533
	Plants. Cultivated Plants	→	Plants	291
	Plants. Cultivated Plants	→	Plants. Cultivated Plants	239
	Plants	→	Plants. Cultivated Plants	234
	Plants. Trees and Shrubs	→	Plants	195
▶ 5	Artifacts	→	Artifacts	2228
	Artifacts	→	Artifacts	691
	Artifacts. Weapons	→	Artifacts	135
	Artifacts	→	Artifacts. Devices	105
	Artifacts	→	Artifacts. Tools	97
	Artifacts. Tools	→	Artifacts	92
▶ 6	Physical Properties	→	Physical Properties	1828
	Physical Properties	→	Physical Properties	644
	Physical Properties. Size	→	Physical Properties	253
	Physical Properties. Colour	→	Physical Properties	148
	Physical Properties	→	Physical Properties. Size	104
	Physical Properties. Size	→	Physical Properties. Size	98
▶ 7	Astronomical Objects	→	Time	1808
	Astronomical Objects	→	Time	1129
	Astronomical Objects	→	Time. Months	495
	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	1680
	Body Parts	→	Parts	741
	Body Parts	→	Parts. Parts of Artifacts	368
	Body Parts	→	Parts. Parts of Plants	244
	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	→	Parts	70
	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	→	Parts. Parts of Plants	68
▶ 9	Human Beings	→	Artifacts	1365
	Human Beings	→	Artifacts	349
	Human Beings	→	Artifacts. Game Accessories	347
	Human Beings. Social Status	→	Artifacts. Game Accessories	187
	Human Beings. Social Status	→	Artifacts	177
	Human Beings. Professions	→	Artifacts. Game Accessories	130
▶ 10	Time	→	Time	1164
	Time	→	Time	584
	Time. Parts of the day	→	Time	182
	Time. Seasons	→	Time	108
	Time	→	Time. Months	56
	Time. Days of the week	→	Time	54
▶ 11	Animals	→	Artifacts	1098
	Animals	→	Artifacts	268
	Animals	→	Artifacts. Game Accessories	107
	Animals. Domestic Animals	→	Artifacts	97
	Animals	→	Artifacts. Devices	95
	Animals. Domestic Animals	→	Artifacts. Game Accessories	77
▶ 12	Human Beings	→	Animals	1083
	Human Beings	→	Animals	361
	Human Beings. Social Status	→	Animals	93
	Human Beings	→	Animals. Mammals	78
	Human Beings. Professions	→	Animals	74
	Human Beings	→	Animals. Birds	73
▶ 13	Physical Properties	→	Evaluation	1071
	Physical Properties	→	Evaluation	625
	Physical Properties. Shape	→	Evaluation	227
	Physical Properties. Size	→	Evaluation	114
	Physical Properties. Colour	→	Evaluation	57
	Physical Properties. Light	→	Evaluation	24
▶ 14	Physical Properties	→	Human Qualities	1043
	Physical Properties	→	Human Qualities	689
	Physical Properties. Shape	→	Human Qualities	116
	Physical Properties. Temperature	→	Human Qualities	85
	Physical Properties. Light	→	Human Qualities	52
	Physical Properties. Colour	→	Human Qualities	40
▶ 15	Artifacts	→	Body Parts	1007
	Artifacts	→	Body Parts	264
	Artifacts	→	Body Parts. Internal Organs	167
	Artifacts	→	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	124
	Artifacts. Tools	→	Body Parts. Internal Organs	82
	Artifacts. Tools	→	Body Parts	73
▶ 16	Animals	→	Human Beings	999
	Animals	→	Human Beings	355
	Animals. Mammals	→	Human Beings	134
	Animals. Domestic Animals	→	Human Beings	75
	Animals. Birds	→	Human Beings	59
	Animals	→	Human Beings. Social Status	49
▶ 17	Animals	→	Plants	975
	Animals	→	Plants	215
	Animals	→	Plants. Herbaceous Plants	119
	Animals. Mammals	→	Plants	83
	Animals	→	Plants. Mushrooms	77
	Animals. Birds	→	Plants. Herbaceous Plants	56
▶ 18	Perception	→	Cognition	863
	Perception	→	Cognition	437
	Perception. Visual	→	Cognition	194
	Perception. Auditory	→	Cognition	194
	Perception. Gustatory	→	Cognition	28
	Perception. Olfactory	→	Cognition	8
▶ 19	Substances and Materials	→	Substances and Materials	862
	Substances and Materials	→	Substances and Materials	862
▶ 20	Physical Properties	→	Human Beings	839
	Physical Properties	→	Human Beings	194
	Physical Properties	→	Human Beings. Age	185
	Physical Properties. Size	→	Human Beings. Age	117
	Physical Properties. Size	→	Human Beings	116
	Physical Properties. Colour	→	Human Beings	77