William Labov
University of Pennsylvania
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Primary Section: 52, Psychological and Cognitive Sciences Secondary Section: 51, Anthropology Membership Type:
Emeritus
(elected 1993)
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Research Interests
Current research is on the causes and principles governing linguistic change and diversity, through the study of change in progress in the speech community; the social and ethnic stratification of language, and the consequences for social mobility; and the application of linguistic knowledge to improve the teaching of reading and writing.
