Linguistic description

Descriptive linguistics - work of objectively describing the state of a linguistic system; as opposed to prescribing perceived norms of usage. Article "Linguistic description" in English Wikipedia has 38.7 points for quality (as of August 1, 2024). The article contains 26 references and 7 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that language version.

In July 2024 the article "Linguistic description" was edited by 3 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 5 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article "Linguistic description", its content was written by 109 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 272 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 593 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1267 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #5251 in August 2002
• Global: #1001 in September 2001

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #87934 in July 2009
• Global: #131780 in February 2008

There are 20 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from August 1, 2024 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Linguistic description		38.6629
2	Dutch (nl) Beschrijvende taalkunde		32.6212
3	Polish (pl) Deskryptywizm (językoznawstwo)		29.518
4	Esperanto (eo) Priskriba lingvistiko		28.1117
5	Turkish (tr) Dilbilimsel betimleme		24.1879
6	Italian (it) Linguistica descrittiva		23.603
7	Indonesian (id) Deskriptivisme (linguistik)		18.7355
8	Persian (fa) توصیف زبانی		18.3791
9	Portuguese (pt) Linguística descritiva		14.025
10	Arabic (ar) لسانيات وصفية		14.0142

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Linguistic description" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Linguistic description		1 252 787
2	German (de) Deskriptive Linguistik		89 207
3	Arabic (ar) لسانيات وصفية		36 957
4	Ukrainian (uk) Дескриптивне мовознавство		26 589
5	Indonesian (id) Deskriptivisme (linguistik)		20 148
6	Chinese (zh) 描写语言学		19 738
7	Polish (pl) Deskryptywizm (językoznawstwo)		19 383
8	Swedish (sv) Deskriptiv lingvistik		16 911
9	French (fr) Description linguistique		12 377
10	Greek (el) Περιγραφική γλωσσολογία		7 057

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Linguistic description" in July 2024

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Linguistic description		2 951
2	Polish (pl) Deskryptywizm (językoznawstwo)		383
3	Chinese (zh) 描写语言学		165
4	German (de) Deskriptive Linguistik		146
5	Italian (it) Linguistica descrittiva		101
6	French (fr) Description linguistique		84
7	Arabic (ar) لسانيات وصفية		75
8	Indonesian (id) Deskriptivisme (linguistik)		70
9	Ukrainian (uk) Дескриптивне мовознавство		59
10	Galician (gl) Gramática descritiva		49

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Linguistic description" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Linguistic description		109
2	German (de) Deskriptive Linguistik		38
3	Polish (pl) Deskryptywizm (językoznawstwo)		21
4	Latin (la) Linguistica descriptiva		12
5	Arabic (ar) لسانيات وصفية		11
6	French (fr) Description linguistique		11
7	Ukrainian (uk) Дескриптивне мовознавство		11
8	Chinese (zh) 描写语言学		9
9	Greek (el) Περιγραφική γλωσσολογία		8
10	Italian (it) Linguistica descrittiva		8

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Linguistic description" with the highest AI in July 2024

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Linguistic description		3
2	Italian (it) Linguistica descrittiva		1
3	Polish (pl) Deskryptywizm (językoznawstwo)		1
4	Arabic (ar) لسانيات وصفية		0
5	Catalan (ca) Lingüística descriptiva		0
6	Czech (cs) Deskriptivní lingvistika		0
7	German (de) Deskriptive Linguistik		0
8	Greek (el) Περιγραφική γλωσσολογία		0
9	Esperanto (eo) Priskriba lingvistiko		0
10	Persian (fa) توصیف زبانی		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Linguistic description" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Linguistic description		593
2	Ukrainian (uk) Дескриптивне мовознавство		106
3	Persian (fa) توصیف زبانی		84
4	Arabic (ar) لسانيات وصفية		76
5	Chinese (zh) 描写语言学		62
6	Polish (pl) Deskryptywizm (językoznawstwo)		60
7	Czech (cs) Deskriptivní lingvistika		47
8	Turkish (tr) Dilbilimsel betimleme		46
9	Catalan (ca) Lingüística descriptiva		35
10	Greek (el) Περιγραφική γλωσσολογία		33

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic لسانيات وصفية
ca	Catalan Lingüística descriptiva
cs	Czech Deskriptivní lingvistika
de	German Deskriptive Linguistik
el	Greek Περιγραφική γλωσσολογία
en	English Linguistic description
eo	Esperanto Priskriba lingvistiko
fa	Persian توصیف زبانی
fr	French Description linguistique
gl	Galician Gramática descritiva
id	Indonesian Deskriptivisme (linguistik)
it	Italian Linguistica descrittiva
la	Latin Linguistica descriptiva
nl	Dutch Beschrijvende taalkunde
pl	Polish Deskryptywizm (językoznawstwo)
pt	Portuguese Linguística descritiva
sv	Swedish Deskriptiv lingvistik
tr	Turkish Dilbilimsel betimleme
uk	Ukrainian Дескриптивне мовознавство
zh	Chinese 描写语言学

Best Rank

English: #87934 07.2009

Global: #131780 02.2008

Best Rank

English: #5251 08.2002

Global: #1001 09.2001

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