From: naddy@mips.inka.de   
      
   Wikipedia:   
      
     William Labov (/ləˈboʊv/ lə-BOHV; (December 4, 1927 – December   
     17, 2024) was an American linguist widely regarded as the founder   
     of the discipline of variationist sociolinguistics. He has been   
     described as "an enormously original and influential figure who   
     has created much of the methodology" of sociolinguistics, and   
     "one of the most influential linguists of the 20th and 21st   
     centuries".   
      
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   Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy@mips.inka.de   
      
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