William Labov
1927
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country of citizenship: United States of America
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: Harvard College, Columbia University
occupation: linguist, sociolinguist, dialectologist, university teacher, sociologist
award received: Guggenheim Fellowship, Benjamin Franklin Medal, CSS Fellow, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, honorary doctorate of Pompeu Fabra University, honorary doctor of the University of Uppsala, Honorary doctor of the University of Liège
position held: president of the Linguistic Society of America
influenced by: Uriel Weinreich
William Labov ( lə-BOHV; born December 4, 1927) is an American linguist widely regarded as the founder of the discipline of variationist sociolinguistics. He has been described as "an enormously original and influential figure who has created much of the methodology" of sociolinguistics.Labov is a professor emeritus in the linguistics department of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and pursues research in sociolinguistics, language change, and dialectology. He retired in 2015 but continues to publish research. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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