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La·bov  (l-bv), William Born 1927.
American linguist who greatly advanced the study of sociolinguistics with his text The Social Stratification of English in New York City (1966).
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To understand the different implications of this expression, it is recommended to view it as what William Labov and Joshua Waletzki call "evaluation," meaning, a narrative unit that is not part of the plot but is rather an exemplifying or expository digression from it (Labov 366, 370).
Exile, homeland, and milieu in the oral lore of Carpatho-Rrussian Jews by Rosen, Ilana / CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture
Eminent sociolinguist William Labov and two colleagues, Sharon Ash and Charles Boberg, first present thorough information about the goals and methods of the study, including the questions asked in 762 telephone interviews.
The atlas of North American English; phonetics, phonology, and sound ... by Reference & Research Book News
1) William Labov, Sociolinguistic Patterns (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1972).
The acoustic properties of vowels: a tool for improving articulation ... by McCombs, Candalene J. / Forum on Public Policy: A Journal of the Oxford Round Table
 
 
 
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