Linguistic prescription

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Linguistic prescription

Quality:

Linguistic prescription - attempt to lay down norms defining preferred or "correct" use of language. Article "Linguistic prescription" in English Wikipedia has 72.7 points for quality (as of August 1, 2024). The article contains 61 references and 13 sections.

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

Since the creation of article "Linguistic prescription", its content was written by 352 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 515 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 536 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1164 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #3597 in September 2004
  • Global: #2578 in January 2020

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #64500 in September 2014
  • Global: #100892 in April 2010

There are 15 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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1Polish (pl)
Preskryptywizm (językoznawstwo)
75.5947
2English (en)
Linguistic prescription
72.6957
3Indonesian (id)
Preskriptivisme (linguistik)
45.3073
4Ukrainian (uk)
Прескриптивне мовознавство
33.4705
5French (fr)
Prescriptivisme linguistique
29.0161
6Malay (ms)
Preskriptivisme bahasa
26.0274
7Arabic (ar)
معيارية لغوية
25.5633
8Russian (ru)
Прескриптивизм (лингвистика)
23.0376
9Italian (it)
Prescrittivismo linguistico
22.8303
10Spanish (es)
Prescriptivismo lingüístico
15.8185
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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 "Linguistic prescription" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Linguistic prescription
1 747 000
2Spanish (es)
Prescriptivismo lingüístico
232 559
3Russian (ru)
Прескриптивизм (лингвистика)
138 940
4Polish (pl)
Preskryptywizm (językoznawstwo)
78 779
5Portuguese (pt)
Prescritivismo
17 351
6Persian (fa)
تجویزگرایی زبانی
11 267
7Swedish (sv)
Preskriptiv lingvistik
10 989
8Arabic (ar)
معيارية لغوية
9 737
9Indonesian (id)
Preskriptivisme (linguistik)
9 562
10Ukrainian (uk)
Прескриптивне мовознавство
4 747
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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 July 2024

The most popular language versions of the article "Linguistic prescription" in July 2024
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Linguistic prescription
5 329
2Polish (pl)
Preskryptywizm (językoznawstwo)
1 975
3Russian (ru)
Прескриптивизм (лингвистика)
1 150
4Spanish (es)
Prescriptivismo lingüístico
520
5French (fr)
Prescriptivisme linguistique
118
6Ukrainian (uk)
Прескриптивне мовознавство
109
7Italian (it)
Prescrittivismo linguistico
78
8Arabic (ar)
معيارية لغوية
77
9Portuguese (pt)
Prescritivismo
62
10Czech (cs)
Preskriptivní lingvistika
56
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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 "Linguistic prescription" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Linguistic prescription
352
2Polish (pl)
Preskryptywizm (językoznawstwo)
48
3Spanish (es)
Prescriptivismo lingüístico
21
4Portuguese (pt)
Prescritivismo
18
5Russian (ru)
Прескриптивизм (лингвистика)
15
6Persian (fa)
تجویزگرایی زبانی
12
7Italian (it)
Prescrittivismo linguistico
11
8Ukrainian (uk)
Прескриптивне мовознавство
10
9Czech (cs)
Preskriptivní lingvistika
6
10French (fr)
Prescriptivisme linguistique
5
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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 July 2024

Language versions of the article "Linguistic prescription" with the highest AI in July 2024
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Polish (pl)
Preskryptywizm (językoznawstwo)
2
2Arabic (ar)
معيارية لغوية
0
3Czech (cs)
Preskriptivní lingvistika
0
4English (en)
Linguistic prescription
0
5Esperanto (eo)
Preskribismo (lingvoscienco)
0
6Spanish (es)
Prescriptivismo lingüístico
0
7Persian (fa)
تجویزگرایی زبانی
0
8French (fr)
Prescriptivisme linguistique
0
9Indonesian (id)
Preskriptivisme (linguistik)
0
10Italian (it)
Prescrittivismo linguistico
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 "Linguistic prescription" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Linguistic prescription
536
2Polish (pl)
Preskryptywizm (językoznawstwo)
142
3Persian (fa)
تجویزگرایی زبانی
91
4Spanish (es)
Prescriptivismo lingüístico
79
5Russian (ru)
Прескриптивизм (лингвистика)
68
6Portuguese (pt)
Prescritivismo
67
7Ukrainian (uk)
Прескриптивне мовознавство
62
8Czech (cs)
Preskriptivní lingvistika
55
9Indonesian (id)
Preskriptivisme (linguistik)
17
10Arabic (ar)
معيارية لغوية
14
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
معيارية لغوية
csCzech
Preskriptivní lingvistika
enEnglish
Linguistic prescription
eoEsperanto
Preskribismo (lingvoscienco)
esSpanish
Prescriptivismo lingüístico
faPersian
تجویزگرایی زبانی
frFrench
Prescriptivisme linguistique
idIndonesian
Preskriptivisme (linguistik)
itItalian
Prescrittivismo linguistico
msMalay
Preskriptivisme bahasa
plPolish
Preskryptywizm (językoznawstwo)
ptPortuguese
Prescritivismo
ruRussian
Прескриптивизм (лингвистика)
svSwedish
Preskriptiv lingvistik
ukUkrainian
Прескриптивне мовознавство

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#64500
09.2014
Global:
#100892
04.2010

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#3597
09.2004
Global:
#2578
01.2020

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Linguistic prescription from Wikipedia articles about Prescriptivism, Singular they, Jerzy Bralczyk, Grammar and Descriptive linguistics. Whereas reading the article about Linguistic prescription people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Descriptive linguistics, Linguistic purism, Grammar Nazi, Neologism and Common English usage misconceptions.

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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