William Labov (/ləˈboʊv/ lə-BOHV; born December 4, 1927) is an American linguist widely regarded as the founder of the discipline of variationist sociolinguistics...
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Speech community (section William Labov)
typical speech community can be a small town, but sociolinguists such as William Labov claim that a large metropolitan area, for example New York City, can...
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its surrounding metropolitan area. It is described by sociolinguist William Labov as the most recognizable regional dialect in North America. Its pronunciation...
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vocabulary appears only around Boston. A 2006 study co-authored by William Labov claims that the accent remains relatively stable, though a 2018 study...
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University in Montreal. He studied at the University of Pennsylvania under William Labov, and later collaborated with him and Sharon Ash in the preparation of...
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Labov, Ash & Boberg (2006), pp. 82, 123, 177, 179. Labov (2007), p. 359. Labov (2007), p. 373. Labov, Ash & Boberg (2006), pp. 145, 54, 56, 234 Labov...
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West was pioneered by linguists such as William Labov in the US and Basil Bernstein in the UK. In the 1960s, William Stewart and Heinz Kloss introduced the...
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field of sociolinguistics, the term Observer’s Paradox was coined by William Labov, who stated with regard to the term: The aim of linguistic research...
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study designed to test the Curvilinear principle as referred to by William Labov, through careful gathering and analysis of research on language variants...
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to maintain their Midland and North Central accents. Sociolinguist William Labov theorizes that this separation reflects a political divide and a controlled...
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