RIP William Labov

 

Here are a few of the many tribute pages to Bill, who died on Dec. 17, 2024, at the age of 97.

He influenced many of us in the Department, sometimes in ways we don't even recognize. He is already missed!

https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=67399&unapproved=1625507&moderation-hash=bd11b34febeebb20dbf9fbaf6de83e83#comment-1625507Links to an external site.

 

https://www.linguisticamente.org/william-labov-1927-2024/Links to an external site.

This tribute has one of Naomi's favourite quotes (from here), from Labov many years ago:

"We have a growing number of students who are afraid neither of people nor of mathematical symbols."