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Government and binding theory

Quality:

Government and binding theory - theory of syntax and a phrase structure grammar in the tradition of transformational grammar developed principally by Noam Chomsky in the 1980s. Article “Government and binding theory” in English Wikipedia has 31.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 10 references and 4 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 1.67 points.

This article has the best quality in German Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

In June 2025 the article “Government and binding theory” was edited by 2 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 2 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Government and binding theory”, its content was written by 66 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 165 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 82 times in English Wikipedia and cited 212 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #4567 in November 2003
  • Global: #13945 in November 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #183322 in September 2014
  • Global: #286583 in September 2014

There are 10 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 July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

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

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1German (de)
Rektions- und Bindungstheorie
43.1627
2Turkish (tr)
Yönetim ve Bağlama Kuramı
36.2221
3English (en)
Government and binding theory
31.7927
4Portuguese (pt)
Teoria da regência e da ligação
28.129
5Czech (cs)
Teorie řízenosti a vázání
28.0647
6Serbian (sr)
Теорија управљања и везивања
25.7867
7Spanish (es)
Rección y ligamiento
14.6418
8Chinese (zh)
管辖与约束理论
12.3412
9Persian (fa)
نظریه حاکمیت و مرجع‌گزینی
10.9919
10Dutch (nl)
Regeer-en-bindtheorie
1.297
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Government and binding theory" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Government and binding theory
512 892
2Spanish (es)
Rección y ligamiento
77 185
3German (de)
Rektions- und Bindungstheorie
65 502
4Portuguese (pt)
Teoria da regência e da ligação
10 981
5Chinese (zh)
管辖与约束理论
6 087
6Persian (fa)
نظریه حاکمیت و مرجع‌گزینی
5 808
7Dutch (nl)
Regeer-en-bindtheorie
4 492
8Turkish (tr)
Yönetim ve Bağlama Kuramı
3 160
9Czech (cs)
Teorie řízenosti a vázání
514
10Serbian (sr)
Теорија управљања и везивања
236
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Government and binding theory" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Government and binding theory
1 775
2Spanish (es)
Rección y ligamiento
101
3German (de)
Rektions- und Bindungstheorie
79
4Chinese (zh)
管辖与约束理论
77
5Turkish (tr)
Yönetim ve Bağlama Kuramı
61
6Persian (fa)
نظریه حاکمیت و مرجع‌گزینی
56
7Portuguese (pt)
Teoria da regência e da ligação
28
8Serbian (sr)
Теорија управљања и везивања
15
9Czech (cs)
Teorie řízenosti a vázání
12
10Dutch (nl)
Regeer-en-bindtheorie
11
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Government and binding theory" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Government and binding theory
66
2German (de)
Rektions- und Bindungstheorie
42
3Spanish (es)
Rección y ligamiento
14
4Portuguese (pt)
Teoria da regência e da ligação
12
5Persian (fa)
نظریه حاکمیت و مرجع‌گزینی
9
6Chinese (zh)
管辖与约束理论
9
7Turkish (tr)
Yönetim ve Bağlama Kuramı
7
8Czech (cs)
Teorie řízenosti a vázání
2
9Dutch (nl)
Regeer-en-bindtheorie
2
10Serbian (sr)
Теорија управљања и везивања
2
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Government and binding theory" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Government and binding theory
2
2Czech (cs)
Teorie řízenosti a vázání
0
3German (de)
Rektions- und Bindungstheorie
0
4Spanish (es)
Rección y ligamiento
0
5Persian (fa)
نظریه حاکمیت و مرجع‌گزینی
0
6Dutch (nl)
Regeer-en-bindtheorie
0
7Portuguese (pt)
Teoria da regência e da ligação
0
8Serbian (sr)
Теорија управљања и везивања
0
9Turkish (tr)
Yönetim ve Bağlama Kuramı
0
10Chinese (zh)
管辖与约束理论
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Government and binding theory" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Government and binding theory
82
2German (de)
Rektions- und Bindungstheorie
46
3Spanish (es)
Rección y ligamiento
33
4Persian (fa)
نظریه حاکمیت و مرجع‌گزینی
16
5Czech (cs)
Teorie řízenosti a vázání
10
6Chinese (zh)
管辖与约束理论
8
7Turkish (tr)
Yönetim ve Bağlama Kuramı
7
8Portuguese (pt)
Teoria da regência e da ligação
5
9Dutch (nl)
Regeer-en-bindtheorie
4
10Serbian (sr)
Теорија управљања и везивања
1
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Global:
Popularity in June 2025:
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Popularity in all years:
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Authors in June 2025:
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Registered authors in all years:
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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
csCzech
Teorie řízenosti a vázání
deGerman
Rektions- und Bindungstheorie
enEnglish
Government and binding theory
esSpanish
Rección y ligamiento
faPersian
نظریه حاکمیت و مرجع‌گزینی
nlDutch
Regeer-en-bindtheorie
ptPortuguese
Teoria da regência e da ligação
srSerbian
Теорија управљања и везивања
trTurkish
Yönetim ve Bağlama Kuramı
zhChinese
管辖与约束理论

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#183322
09.2014
Global:
#286583
09.2014

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#4567
11.2003
Global:
#13945
11.2003

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Government and binding theory from Wikipedia articles about Generative grammar, Binding, Phrase structure grammar, Noam Chomsky and X-bar theory. Whereas reading the article about Government and binding theory people most often go to Wikipedia articles on M-command, Minimalist program, Government, C-command and X-bar theory.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

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