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 Shifts: Each semantic shift is counted once, regardless of how many realizations it has.

#	Source Taxon		Target Taxon	Realizations
▶ 1	Animals	→	Animals	1270
	Animals	→	Animals	284
	Animals. Mammals	→	Animals	134
	Animals	→	Animals. Mammals	117
	Animals. Mammals	→	Animals. Mammals	100
	Animals	→	Animals. Birds	72
▶ 2	Human Beings	→	Human Beings	989
	Human Beings	→	Human Beings	218
	Human Beings. Kinship	→	Human Beings	125
	Human Beings	→	Human Beings. Kinship	117
	Human Beings. Kinship	→	Human Beings. Kinship	97
	Human Beings	→	Human Beings. Social Status	57
▶ 3	Plants	→	Plants	600
	Plants	→	Plants	127
	Plants. Trees and Shrubs	→	Plants	65
	Plants. Trees and Shrubs	→	Plants. Trees and Shrubs	60
	Plants. Cultivated Plants	→	Plants	52
	Plants	→	Plants. Trees and Shrubs	50
▶ 4	Artifacts	→	Artifacts	494
	Artifacts	→	Artifacts	156
	Artifacts	→	Artifacts. Tools	33
	Artifacts. Weapons	→	Artifacts	29
	Artifacts. Tools	→	Artifacts	28
	Artifacts	→	Artifacts. Weapons	20
▶ 5	Physical Properties	→	Physical Properties	378
	Physical Properties	→	Physical Properties	137
	Physical Properties. Size	→	Physical Properties	41
	Physical Properties. Colour	→	Physical Properties	23
	Physical Properties	→	Physical Properties. Sound	22
	Physical Properties	→	Physical Properties. Size	17
▶ 6	Body Parts	→	Body Parts	354
	Body Parts	→	Body Parts	173
	Body Parts	→	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	44
	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	→	Body Parts	36
	Body Parts. Internal Organs	→	Body Parts. Internal Organs	30
	Body Parts. Internal Organs	→	Body Parts	30
▶ 7	Body Parts	→	Parts	330
	Body Parts	→	Parts	128
	Body Parts	→	Parts. Parts of Artifacts	76
	Body Parts	→	Parts. Parts of Plants	42
	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	→	Parts	20
	Body Parts	→	Parts. Parts of Buildings	17
▶ 8	Human Beings	→	Animals	302
	Human Beings	→	Animals	76
	Human Beings. Professions	→	Animals	26
	Human Beings	→	Animals. Birds	25
	Human Beings. Social Status	→	Animals	22
	Human Beings	→	Animals. Arthropods	22
▶ 9	Animals	→	Plants	272
	Animals	→	Plants	57
	Animals	→	Plants. Herbaceous Plants	38
	Animals. Mammals	→	Plants	24
	Animals	→	Plants. Mushrooms	19
	Animals. Mammals	→	Plants. Herbaceous Plants	12
▶ 10	Animals	→	Human Beings	235
	Animals	→	Human Beings	68
	Animals. Mammals	→	Human Beings	25
	Animals	→	Human Beings. Social Status	19
	Animals. Birds	→	Human Beings	15
	Animals. Domestic Animals	→	Human Beings	14
▶ 11	Physical Properties	→	Human Qualities	218
	Physical Properties	→	Human Qualities	137
	Physical Properties. Shape	→	Human Qualities	25
	Physical Properties. Size	→	Human Qualities	16
	Physical Properties. Temperature	→	Human Qualities	13
	Physical Properties. Colour	→	Human Qualities	13
▶ 12	Artifacts	→	Body Parts	213
	Artifacts	→	Body Parts	69
	Artifacts	→	Body Parts. Internal Organs	31
	Artifacts	→	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	25
	Artifacts. Tools	→	Body Parts	18
	Artifacts. Tools	→	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	10
▶ 13	Artifacts	→	Animals	206
	Artifacts	→	Animals	53
	Artifacts. Tools	→	Animals	21
	Artifacts	→	Animals. Invertebrates	17
	Artifacts	→	Animals. Arthropods	16
	Artifacts. Weapons	→	Animals	11
▶ 14	Physical Properties	→	Evaluation	198
	Physical Properties	→	Evaluation	121
	Physical Properties. Shape	→	Evaluation	21
	Physical Properties. Size	→	Evaluation	18
	Physical Properties. Colour	→	Evaluation	17
	Physical Properties. Light	→	Evaluation	10
▶ 15	Body Parts	→	Artifacts	198
	Body Parts	→	Artifacts	75
	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	→	Artifacts	24
	Body Parts	→	Artifacts. Tools	17
	Body Parts	→	Artifacts. Weapons	10
	Body Parts	→	Artifacts. Clothes and Footwear	10
▶ 16	Physical Actions	→	Physical Actions	192
	Physical Actions	→	Physical Actions	192
▶ 17	Physical Properties	→	Animals	188
	Physical Properties	→	Animals	43
	Physical Properties. Colour	→	Animals	28
	Physical Properties	→	Animals. Birds	15
	Physical Properties	→	Animals. Mammals	13
	Physical Properties. Colour	→	Animals. Birds	12
▶ 18	Body Parts	→	Geography	182
	Body Parts	→	Geography	71
	Body Parts	→	Geography. Terrain	42
	Body Parts	→	Geography. Coastal Landforms	18
	Body Parts	→	Geography. Water bodies	16
	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	→	Geography	12
▶ 19	Physical Actions	→	Social Actions and Relations	166
	Physical Actions	→	Social Actions and Relations	166
▶ 20	Animals	→	Artifacts	165
	Animals	→	Artifacts	39
	Animals. Birds	→	Artifacts	14
	Animals	→	Artifacts. Devices	10
	Animals	→	Artifacts. Game Accessories	8
	Animals. Arthropods	→	Artifacts	8