William Labov
(1927-2024)
American linguist
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William Labov (lə-BOHV; (December 4, 1927 – December 17, 2024) was 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, and "one of the most influential linguists of the 20th and 21st centuries".
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4 December 1927 Rutherford, New Jersey, USA
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| Died |
17 December 2024 (aged 97)
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| Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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