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“I am now completing research supported by NSF and NEH that is mapping changes in the English language through all of North America, for both mainstream and minority communities.”

Quote by William Labov

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William Labov, born on December 4, 1927, is an esteemed American linguist known for his significant contributions to the fields of linguistic variation, sociolinguistics, and discourse analysis. He is renowned for his research on language change, particularly in the phonetic and grammatical variations of American English. more

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