William Labov passes away (2024-12-17)

[Christian Weisgerber]

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".

[Aidan Kehoe]

Post by Christian Weisgerber
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".

Some universally positive comments on Language Log:

https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=67399

Odd surname to me. Wikipedia lists him as Jewish; is it something that makes
sense from the Pale of Settlement?