William Labov
William Labov ( ; 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. Provided by Wikipedia
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Superior document: Monographien Linguistik und Kommunikationswissenschaft ...
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Published: 1976
Superior document: Sprache im sozialen Kontext Beschreibung und Erklärung struktureller und sozialer Bedeutung von Sprachvariation 1