William Labov
American linguist; father of sociolinguistics / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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William Labov (/ləˈboʊv/ lə-BOHV;[1][2] born December 4, 1927) is an American linguist widely regarded as the founder of the discipline of variationist sociolinguistics.[3][4] He has been described as "an enormously original and influential figure who has created much of the methodology" of sociolinguistics.[5]
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Born | (1927-12-04) December 4, 1927 (age 96) Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S. |
Occupation(s) | Industrial chemist (1949–60); professor of linguistics (1964–2014) |
Known for | Variationist sociolinguistics |
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Children | 7 (including Alice Goffman, his adoptive daughter) |
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Education | Harvard College, B.A. (1948) Columbia University, M.A. (1963), Ph.D. (1964) |
Doctoral advisor | Uriel Weinreich |
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Discipline | Linguist |
Institutions | Columbia University University of Pennsylvania |
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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.[6]