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

Realization types

Distribution of shifts by Genetic or Areal grouping

Distribution types

Current progress of shifts verification

Shift statuses

Languages by Macroarea

Languages by Macroarea

Realizations by Macroarea

Realizations by Macroarea

Top language families by realisation number

top_families

Top language groups by realisation number

top_groups

Top 10 Taxons for Source

#TaxonShifts
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

#TaxonShifts
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: Each semantic shift is counted once, regardless of how many realizations it has.
# Source Taxon Target Taxon Realizations
1 Animals Animals 1270
2 Human Beings Human Beings 989
3 Plants Plants 600
4 Artifacts Artifacts 494
5 Physical Properties Physical Properties 378
6 Body Parts Body Parts 354
7 Body Parts Parts 330
8 Human Beings Animals 302
9 Animals Plants 272
10 Animals Human Beings 235
11 Physical Properties Human Qualities 218
12 Artifacts Body Parts 213
13 Artifacts Animals 206
14 Physical Properties Evaluation 198
15 Body Parts Artifacts 198
16 Physical Actions Physical Actions 192
17 Physical Properties Animals 188
18 Body Parts Geography 182
19 Physical Actions Social Actions and Relations 166
20 Animals Artifacts 165