William Labov
Professor, Author
1927 –
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Who is William Labov?
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. He is employed as a professor in the linguistics department of the University of Pennsylvania, and pursues research in sociolinguistics, language change, and dialectology. He plans to retire at the end of Spring 2014.
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- Born
- Dec 4, 1927
Rutherford - Also known as
- William D. Labov
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- PhD, Columbia University
Linguistics
(1960 - 1964) - Bachelor of Arts, Harvard College
Chemistry
(1944 - 1948)
- PhD, Columbia University
- Employment
- University of Pennsylvania
- Lived in
- Philadelphia
(1971 - )
- Philadelphia
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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