William Labov
Impact in
- Linguistics and Language top 0.01%
- Linguistic Variation and Morphology
- Multilingual Education and Policy
- Language and Linguistics top 0.01%
- Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
- Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
- Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies
Papers in
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- Linguistic Variation and Morphology 73
- Multilingual Education and Policy 37
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- Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies 14
- Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies 12
- Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity 10
- Linguistic research and analysis 10
- Co-authors
- Harry J. Crockett (1 shared paper)Sharon Ash (7 shared papers)Charles Boberg (5 shared papers)Doris R. Entwisle (1 shared paper)E. Judith Weiner (1 shared paper)Glenn G. Gilbèrt (1 shared paper)Charlotte Linde (2 shared papers)Penelope Eckert (2 shared papers)
- Journals
- Language Variation and Change (10 papers)Language (9 papers)Language in Society (7 papers)Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews (4 papers)American Speech (4 papers)
- Partner nations
- United StatesUnited KingdomCanada
In The Last Decade
William Labov
161 papers receiving 17.3k citations
William Labov's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 153
- Linguistics and Language 14.1k
- Language and Linguistics 12.5k
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 7.9k
- Literature and Literary Theory 2.9k
- Developmental and Educational Psychology 1.8k
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Co-authors
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All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 170 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
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| 1 | The Social Stratification of English in New York City. Hit paper breakdown → | 1968 | 2132 |
| 2 | Narrative Analysis: Oral Versions of Personal Experience1 Hit paper breakdown → | 1997 | 1895 |
| 3 | Principles of Linguistic Change Hit paper breakdown → | 2010 | 1162 |
| 4 | The Social Motivation of a Sound Change Hit paper breakdown → | 1963 | 1142 |
| 5 | Contraction, Deletion, and Inherent Variability of the English Copula Hit paper breakdown → | 1969 | 999 |
| 6 | Style and Sociolinguistic Variation Hit paper breakdown → | 2002 | 862 |
| 7 | The Social Stratification of English in New York City Hit paper breakdown → | 2006 | 827 |
| 8 | The intersection of sex and social class in the course of linguistic change Hit paper breakdown → | 1990 | 811 |
| 9 | Principles of Linguistic Change: Internal Factors Hit paper breakdown → | 1994 | 782 |
| 10 | The Atlas of North American English Hit paper breakdown → | 2006 | 722 |
| 11 | The transformation of experience in narrative syntax Hit paper breakdown → | 1972 | 602 |
| 12 | Locating Language in Time and Space Hit paper breakdown → | 1980 | 572 |
| 13 | Some principles of linguistic methodology Hit paper breakdown → | 1972 | 543 |
| 14 | Transmission and diffusion Hit paper breakdown → | 2007 | 514 |
| 15 | Language in the Inner City: Studies in the Black English Vernacular. Hit paper breakdown → | 1975 | 511 |
| 16 | THE LOGIC OF NONSTANDARD ENGLISH Hit paper breakdown → | 1970 | 499 |
| 17 | The Atlas of North American English: Phonetics, Phonology and Sound Change | 2005 | 466 |
| 18 | Some Further Steps in Narrative Analysis Hit paper breakdown → | 1997 | 454 |
| 19 | The Study Of Language In Its Social Context Hit paper breakdown → | 1971 | 439 |
| 20 | 1983 | 381 |
About William Labov
William Labov is a scholar working on Linguistics and Language, Language and Linguistics, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Gender Studies and Artificial Intelligence, having authored 170 papers that have together received 22.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Linguistic Variation and Morphology (73 papers), Phonetics and Phonology Research (37 papers), Multilingual Education and Policy (37 papers), Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies (14 papers), Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (12 papers), Gender Studies in Language (11 papers), Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity (10 papers) and Linguistic research and analysis (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Linguistics and Language (14.1k citations), Language and Linguistics (12.5k citations), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (7.9k citations), Literature and Literary Theory (2.9k citations) and Developmental and Educational Psychology (1.8k citations). William Labov has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Harry J. Crockett, Sharon Ash, Charles Boberg, Doris R. Entwisle, E. Judith Weiner, Glenn G. Gilbèrt, Charlotte Linde, Penelope Eckert, David Sankoff and John R. Rickford. Their work appears in journals such as Language Variation and Change, Language, Language in Society, Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews and American Speech.
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