Mythological Language Worldview As The Ethnic Basis Of Modern English Word Use
Table 3:
| Types of Semantic Change | Quantity | % |
| No Semantic Change | 167 | 44% |
| Metaphor | 153 | 40% |
| Metonymy | 16 | 4% |
| Semantic Shift | 30 | 9% |
| Widening of meaning | 5 | 1,3% |
| Narrowing of meaning | 2 | 0,5% |
| Euphemism | 3 | 0,7% |
| Hyperbole | 2 | 0,5% |