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William Labov has passed away (languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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William Labov, known far and wide as one of the most influential linguists of the 20th and 21st centuries, passed away this morning at the age of 97, with his wife, Gillian Sankoff, by his side.

Bill is still very alive to us, so many of us, here at Penn. His voice reverberates. Mark is working on a longer, more detailed appreciation.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

May he rest in peace. His works were essential to modern Sociolinguistics, specially when it comes to non-standard varieties.