William Labov
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 96 |
| Date of birth | December 4,1927 |
| Zodiac sign | Sagittarius |
| Born | Rutherford |
| New Jersey | |
| United States | |
| Spouse | Gillian Sankoff |
| Discipline | Linguist |
| Children | Alice Goffman |
| Known for | Variationist sociolinguistics |
| Disciplin | Linguist |
| Education | Harvard College |
| Columbia University | |
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship for Humanities, US & Canada |
| Notable student | John Baugh |
| Books | Principles of Linguistic Change |
| The Atlas of North American English | |
| Sociolinguistic Patterns | |
| The social stratification of English in New York City | |
| Language in the Inner City: Studies in the Black English Vernacular | |
| Academic advisor | Uriel Weinreich |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 813914 |
William Labov Life story
William Labov 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.
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