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William Labov
American linguist (1927–2024).
Born December 4th, 1927 in Rutherford.
Died December 17th, 2024 at 97 years old in Philadelphia. [ref]
Occupations
dialectologist, linguist, sociolinguist, sociologist, university teacher
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