Principles and parameters

Principles and parameters - generative linguistics framework in which a natural language's syntax is described by general “principles” and specific “parameters” that are either turned on or off for particular languages; formulated by N. Chomsky and H. Lasnik in the 1980s. Article "Principles and parameters" in English Wikipedia has 33.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 23 references and 8 sections.

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

Since the creation of article "Principles and parameters", its content was written by 60 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 138 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 53 times in English Wikipedia and cited 179 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #56150 in December 2003
• Global: #79360 in December 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #251003 in August 2008
• Global: #313869 in November 2009

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.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Latin (la) Principia et parametra		39.2905
2	English (en) Principles and parameters		33.8543
3	Japanese (ja) 原理とパラメータのアプローチ		27.7506
4	Persian (fa) نظریهٔ اصول و پارامترها		12.7203
5	Italian (it) Principi e parametri		11.88
6	Spanish (es) Principios y parámetros		8.0331
7	Russian (ru) Теория принципов и параметров		4.4091
8	French (fr) Règles et principes (linguistique générative)		2.6703
9	Catalan (ca) Principis i Paràmetres		1.8151
10	Norwegian (no) Prinsipp- og parameterteorien		0.295

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Principles and parameters" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Principles and parameters		491 730
2	Spanish (es) Principios y parámetros		109 760
3	Italian (it) Principi e parametri		47 584
4	Russian (ru) Теория принципов и параметров		18 040
5	Japanese (ja) 原理とパラメータのアプローチ		15 741
6	French (fr) Règles et principes (linguistique générative)		13 056
7	Catalan (ca) Principis i Paràmetres		2 243
8	Latin (la) Principia et parametra		2 197
9	Norwegian (no) Prinsipp- og parameterteorien		735
10	Persian (fa) نظریهٔ اصول و پارامترها		550

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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 "Principles and parameters" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Principles and parameters		1 258
2	Spanish (es) Principios y parámetros		162
3	Japanese (ja) 原理とパラメータのアプローチ		100
4	Italian (it) Principi e parametri		66
5	Russian (ru) Теория принципов и параметров		35
6	French (fr) Règles et principes (linguistique générative)		18
7	Latin (la) Principia et parametra		14
8	Catalan (ca) Principis i Paràmetres		12
9	Persian (fa) نظریهٔ اصول و پارامترها		12
10	Norwegian (no) Prinsipp- og parameterteorien		8

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Principles and parameters		60
2	Italian (it) Principi e parametri		18
3	French (fr) Règles et principes (linguistique générative)		14
4	Latin (la) Principia et parametra		12
5	Spanish (es) Principios y parámetros		10
6	Russian (ru) Теория принципов и параметров		7
7	Catalan (ca) Principis i Paràmetres		5
8	Japanese (ja) 原理とパラメータのアプローチ		5
9	Norwegian (no) Prinsipp- og parameterteorien		4
10	Persian (fa) نظریهٔ اصول و پارامترها		3

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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 "Principles and parameters" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Japanese (ja) 原理とパラメータのアプローチ		1
2	Catalan (ca) Principis i Paràmetres		0
3	English (en) Principles and parameters		0
4	Spanish (es) Principios y parámetros		0
5	Persian (fa) نظریهٔ اصول و پارامترها		0
6	French (fr) Règles et principes (linguistique générative)		0
7	Italian (it) Principi e parametri		0
8	Latin (la) Principia et parametra		0
9	Norwegian (no) Prinsipp- og parameterteorien		0
10	Russian (ru) Теория принципов и параметров		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 "Principles and parameters" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Russian (ru) Теория принципов и параметров		70
2	English (en) Principles and parameters		53
3	Spanish (es) Principios y parámetros		21
4	Japanese (ja) 原理とパラメータのアプローチ		10
5	Latin (la) Principia et parametra		9
6	Italian (it) Principi e parametri		6
7	French (fr) Règles et principes (linguistique générative)		5
8	Catalan (ca) Principis i Paràmetres		2
9	Norwegian (no) Prinsipp- og parameterteorien		2
10	Persian (fa) نظریهٔ اصول و پارامترها		1

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#	Language	Value
ca	Catalan Principis i Paràmetres
en	English Principles and parameters
es	Spanish Principios y parámetros
fa	Persian نظریهٔ اصول و پارامترها
fr	French Règles et principes (linguistique générative)
it	Italian Principi e parametri
ja	Japanese 原理とパラメータのアプローチ
la	Latin Principia et parametra
no	Norwegian Prinsipp- og parameterteorien
ru	Russian Теория принципов и параметров

Best Rank

English: #251003 08.2008

Global: #313869 11.2009

Best Rank

English: #56150 12.2003

Global: #79360 12.2003

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