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William Labov
American linguist (1927–2024).
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William Labov
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National Academy of Sciences Member
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Place of Birth
Rutherford
Country of Citizenship
United States
Instance Of
Human
Date of Birth
12/4/1927
Educated At
Harvard College
( - 1948)
Columbia University
Occupation
Linguist
Sociolinguist
Dialectologist
University Teacher
Sociologist
Award Received
10 items
Guggenheim Fellowship
Benjamin Franklin Medal
(2013)
CSS Fellow
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Honorary Doctorate of Pompeu Fabra University
Honorary Doctor of the University of Uppsala
Honorary Doctor of the University of Liège
Honorary Doctorate of Paris Nanterre University
(2006)
Neil and Saras Smith Medal for Linguistics
(2015)
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William
National Academy of Sciences
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Gillian Sankoff
(1993 - 2024)
End Cause
:
Death of Subject
End Time
:
2024
Start Time
:
1993
Teresa Gnasso Labov
Rittenhouse Square
Columbia University
University of Pennsylvania
English
Male
Labov
President of the Linguistic Society of America
12/17/2024
William Labov
2
Philadelphia
Linguistics
Sociolinguistics
Academic Degree
:
Bachelor of Arts
End Time
:
1948
Academic Degree
:
Doctor of Philosophy
Point in Time
:
2013
Point in Time
:
2006
Award Rationale
:
for his significant contribution to linguistics and the language sciences
Follows
:
Noam Chomsky
Followed By
:
John Lyons
Point in Time
:
2015
Uriel Weinreich
Uriel Weinreich
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