Database of Semantic Shifts in numbers and figures

Overview Dynamics

Basic info
Semantic Shifts	10458
Realizations of Semantic shifts	49751
Average number of realizations per shift	4.76
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	2331
Number of unique meanings	4954
including:
unique source meanings	2836
unique target meanings	3721

Distribution of realisation types

Distribution of shifts by Genetic or Areal grouping

$Distribution types$

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	947
2	Body Parts	946
3	Physical Properties	926
4	Animals	786
5	Artifacts	705
6	Human Beings	615
7	Substances and Materials	544
8	Motion	514
9	Plants	413
10	Physiology	405

Top 10 Taxons for Target

#	Taxon	Shifts
1	Animals	837
2	Human Beings	636
3	Social Actions and Relations	617
4	Artifacts	596
5	Plants	539
6	Body Parts	521
7	Human Qualities	496
8	Physiology	484
9	Evaluation	458
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	1290
	Animals	→	Animals	293
	Animals. Mammals	→	Animals	135
	Animals	→	Animals. Mammals	118
	Animals. Mammals	→	Animals. Mammals	100
	Animals	→	Animals. Birds	72
▶ 2	Human Beings	→	Human Beings	1026
	Human Beings	→	Human Beings	235
	Human Beings. Kinship	→	Human Beings	135
	Human Beings	→	Human Beings. Kinship	124
	Human Beings. Kinship	→	Human Beings. Kinship	97
	Human Beings	→	Human Beings. Social Status	58
▶ 3	Plants	→	Plants	625
	Plants	→	Plants	138
	Plants. Trees and Shrubs	→	Plants	67
	Plants. Trees and Shrubs	→	Plants. Trees and Shrubs	60
	Plants. Cultivated Plants	→	Plants	57
	Plants	→	Plants. Trees and Shrubs	52
▶ 4	Artifacts	→	Artifacts	509
	Artifacts	→	Artifacts	165
	Artifacts	→	Artifacts. Tools	33
	Artifacts. Weapons	→	Artifacts	29
	Artifacts. Tools	→	Artifacts	28
	Artifacts	→	Artifacts. Game Accessories	21
▶ 5	Physical Properties	→	Physical Properties	377
	Physical Properties	→	Physical Properties	136
	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	357
	Body Parts	→	Body Parts	175
	Body Parts	→	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	45
	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	→	Body Parts	36
	Body Parts. Internal Organs	→	Body Parts	30
	Body Parts. Internal Organs	→	Body Parts. Internal Organs	30
▶ 7	Body Parts	→	Parts	332
	Body Parts	→	Parts	129
	Body Parts	→	Parts. Parts of Artifacts	76
	Body Parts	→	Parts. Parts of Plants	43
	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	→	Parts	20
	Body Parts	→	Parts. Parts of Buildings	17
▶ 8	Human Beings	→	Animals	310
	Human Beings	→	Animals	79
	Human Beings. Professions	→	Animals	26
	Human Beings	→	Animals. Birds	25
	Human Beings. Social Status	→	Animals	23
	Human Beings	→	Animals. Arthropods	22
▶ 9	Animals	→	Plants	277
	Animals	→	Plants	59
	Animals	→	Plants. Herbaceous Plants	38
	Animals. Mammals	→	Plants	26
	Animals	→	Plants. Mushrooms	19
	Animals. Mammals	→	Plants. Herbaceous Plants	12
▶ 10	Animals	→	Human Beings	238
	Animals	→	Human Beings	70
	Animals. Mammals	→	Human Beings	25
	Animals	→	Human Beings. Social Status	20
	Animals. Birds	→	Human Beings	15
	Animals. Domestic Animals	→	Human Beings	14
▶ 11	Artifacts	→	Body Parts	216
	Artifacts	→	Body Parts	70
	Artifacts	→	Body Parts. Internal Organs	32
	Artifacts	→	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	25
	Artifacts. Tools	→	Body Parts	17
	Artifacts. Tools	→	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	10
▶ 12	Physical Properties	→	Human Qualities	214
	Physical Properties	→	Human Qualities	135
	Physical Properties. Shape	→	Human Qualities	24
	Physical Properties. Size	→	Human Qualities	16
	Physical Properties. Temperature	→	Human Qualities	13
	Physical Properties. Colour	→	Human Qualities	12
▶ 13	Artifacts	→	Animals	212
	Artifacts	→	Animals	56
	Artifacts. Tools	→	Animals	21
	Artifacts	→	Animals. Invertebrates	17
	Artifacts	→	Animals. Arthropods	16
	Artifacts. Weapons	→	Animals	13
▶ 14	Body Parts	→	Artifacts	200
	Body Parts	→	Artifacts	77
	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	→	Artifacts	24
	Body Parts	→	Artifacts. Tools	17
	Body Parts	→	Artifacts. Clothes and Footwear	10
	Body Parts	→	Artifacts. Weapons	10
▶ 15	Physical Properties	→	Evaluation	194
	Physical Properties	→	Evaluation	118
	Physical Properties. Shape	→	Evaluation	21
	Physical Properties. Size	→	Evaluation	18
	Physical Properties. Colour	→	Evaluation	17
	Physical Properties. Light	→	Evaluation	10
▶ 16	Physical Actions	→	Physical Actions	190
	Physical Actions	→	Physical Actions	190
▶ 17	Physical Properties	→	Animals	184
	Physical Properties	→	Animals	43
	Physical Properties. Colour	→	Animals	28
	Physical Properties	→	Animals. Birds	14
	Physical Properties	→	Animals. Mammals	13
	Physical Properties. Colour	→	Animals. Mammals	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	167
	Physical Actions	→	Social Actions and Relations	167
▶ 20	Body Parts	→	Animals	165
	Body Parts	→	Animals	48
	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	→	Animals	26
	Body Parts	→	Animals. Mammals	21
	Body Parts	→	Animals. Birds	13
	Body Parts. Animal Body Parts	→	Animals. Mammals	12