Database of Semantic Shifts in numbers and figures

Overview Dynamics

Basic info
Semantic Shifts	10508
Realizations of Semantic shifts	50308
Average number of realizations per shift	4.79
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	2365
Number of unique meanings	4974
including:
unique source meanings	2847
unique target meanings	3729

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	952
2	Body Parts	937
3	Physical Properties	933
4	Animals	776
5	Artifacts	697
6	Human Beings	599
7	Substances and Materials	549
8	Motion	513
9	Physiology	413
10	Plants	391

Top 10 Taxons for Target

#	Taxon	Shifts
1	Animals	817
2	Human Beings	620
3	Social Actions and Relations	601
4	Artifacts	584
5	Plants	525
6	Body Parts	518
7	Human Qualities	503
8	Physiology	488
9	Evaluation	471
10	Physical Properties	393

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	7819
	Human Beings	→	Human Beings	2124
	Human Beings	→	Human Beings. Kinship	1311
	Human Beings. Kinship	→	Human Beings	725
	Human Beings. Age	→	Human Beings	542
	Human Beings. Kinship	→	Human Beings. Kinship	481
▶ 2	Animals	→	Animals	6135
	Animals	→	Animals	1356
	Animals. Mammals	→	Animals	646
	Animals	→	Animals. Mammals	596
	Animals. Mammals	→	Animals. Mammals	499
	Animals	→	Animals. Arthropods	304
▶ 3	Body Parts	→	Body Parts	3643
	Body Parts	→	Body Parts	1659
	Body Parts	→	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	519
	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	Artifacts	→	Artifacts	2131
	Artifacts	→	Artifacts	640
	Artifacts. Weapons	→	Artifacts	135
	Artifacts	→	Artifacts. Devices	105
	Artifacts	→	Artifacts. Tools	97
	Artifacts. Tools	→	Artifacts	92
▶ 5	Plants	→	Plants	2110
	Plants	→	Plants	467
	Plants. Cultivated Plants	→	Plants	251
	Plants. Cultivated Plants	→	Plants. Cultivated Plants	233
	Plants	→	Plants. Cultivated Plants	225
	Plants. Trees and Shrubs	→	Plants	193
▶ 6	Physical Properties	→	Physical Properties	1836
	Physical Properties	→	Physical Properties	652
	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	1790
	Astronomical Objects	→	Time	1108
	Astronomical Objects	→	Time. Months	498
	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	1678
	Body Parts	→	Parts	737
	Body Parts	→	Parts. Parts of Artifacts	371
	Body Parts	→	Parts. Parts of Plants	243
	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	→	Parts	70
	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	→	Parts. Parts of Plants	68
▶ 9	Human Beings	→	Artifacts	1361
	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
▶ 10	Time	→	Time	1230
	Time	→	Time	629
	Time. Parts of the day	→	Time	201
	Time. Seasons	→	Time	109
	Time	→	Time. Months	56
	Time. Days of the week	→	Time	55
▶ 11	Physical Properties	→	Evaluation	1113
	Physical Properties	→	Evaluation	655
	Physical Properties. Shape	→	Evaluation	236
	Physical Properties. Size	→	Evaluation	114
	Physical Properties. Colour	→	Evaluation	59
	Physical Properties. Light	→	Evaluation	24
▶ 12	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
▶ 13	Human Beings	→	Animals	1071
	Human Beings	→	Animals	356
	Human Beings. Social Status	→	Animals	92
	Human Beings	→	Animals. Mammals	74
	Human Beings. Professions	→	Animals	74
	Human Beings	→	Animals. Birds	73
▶ 14	Physical Properties	→	Human Qualities	1050
	Physical Properties	→	Human Qualities	693
	Physical Properties. Shape	→	Human Qualities	118
	Physical Properties. Temperature	→	Human Qualities	85
	Physical Properties. Light	→	Human Qualities	52
	Physical Properties. Colour	→	Human Qualities	41
▶ 15	Substances and Materials	→	Substances and Materials	1038
	Substances and Materials	→	Substances and Materials	1038
▶ 16	Animals	→	Human Beings	1002
	Animals	→	Human Beings	355
	Animals. Mammals	→	Human Beings	136
	Animals. Domestic Animals	→	Human Beings	75
	Animals. Birds	→	Human Beings	59
	Animals	→	Human Beings. Social Status	47
▶ 17	Artifacts	→	Body Parts	1002
	Artifacts	→	Body Parts	265
	Artifacts	→	Body Parts. Internal Organs	161
	Artifacts	→	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	124
	Artifacts. Tools	→	Body Parts. Internal Organs	82
	Artifacts. Tools	→	Body Parts	74
▶ 18	Animals	→	Plants	964
	Animals	→	Plants	210
	Animals	→	Plants. Herbaceous Plants	119
	Animals. Mammals	→	Plants	78
	Animals	→	Plants. Mushrooms	77
	Animals. Birds	→	Plants. Herbaceous Plants	56
▶ 19	Perception	→	Cognition	939
	Perception	→	Cognition	468
	Perception. Auditory	→	Cognition	224
	Perception. Visual	→	Cognition	209
	Perception. Gustatory	→	Cognition	28
	Perception. Olfactory	→	Cognition	8
▶ 20	Physical Properties	→	Human Beings	842
	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	79