William Labov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

William Labov

American linguist

Date of Birth: 04-Dec-1927

Place of Birth: Rutherford, New Jersey, United States

Profession: university teacher, sociologist, linguist, sociolinguist, dialectologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

William Labov ( l?-BOHV; 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.
He is a professor emeritus in the linguistics department of the University of Pennsylvania, and pursues research in sociolinguistics, language change, and dialectology.
He retired at the end of spring 2014.