Quote of the day
Bring me men to match my mountains,
Bring me men to match my plains,
Men with empires in their purpose,
And new eras in their brains.
William Labov

Born: December 4, 1927
Died: December 17, 2024 (aged 97)
Bio: William "Bill" Labov was an American linguist, widely regarded as the founder of the discipline of variationist sociolinguistics. He was described as "an enormously original and influential figure who has created much of the methodology" of sociolinguistics.
Known for:
- Sociolinguistic Patterns (1972)
- Principles of Linguistic Change (1994)
- Language in the inner city (1972)
- Atlas of North American English (2005)