What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Linguistics
- Social science
- World War II
His primary areas of investigation include Linguistics, Social psychology, Linguistic change, Sound change and Narrative.
His study on Vowel shift, Black English, Copula and Sociolinguistics is often connected to Structural priming as part of broader study in Linguistics.
His Social psychology study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Variation, Disadvantage and Scale.
His study explores the link between Linguistic change and topics such as Diffusion that cross with problems in Speech community.
His Sound change study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Imitation, Cognitive science, Social motivation and Linguistic system.
His Narrative inquiry, Narrative history and Narrative criticism study in the realm of Narrative connects with subjects such as Thematic analysis.
His most cited work include:
- The social stratification of English in New York City (1979 citations)
- Narrative analysis: Oral versions of personal experience. (1938 citations)
- Language in the Inner City: Studies in the Black English Vernacular (1815 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
William Labov focuses on Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Speech community, Variation and Sound change.
Linguistics and North American English are two areas of study in which William Labov engages in interdisciplinary work.
The concepts of his Sociolinguistics study are interwoven with issues in Social stratification, Social environment, Narrative and Linguistic system.
His research integrates issues of Style-shifting and Social psychology in his study of Social stratification.
His Variation research includes elements of Categorical variable and First language.
His studies deal with areas such as Artificial intelligence and Natural language processing as well as Phonology.
He most often published in these fields:
- Linguistics (49.32%)
- Sociolinguistics (12.33%)
- Speech community (11.64%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2007-2020)?
- Linguistics (49.32%)
- Variation (10.96%)
- Sound change (10.27%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Linguistics, Variation, Sound change, Phonology and Sociolinguistics.
William Labov conducts interdisciplinary study in the fields of Linguistics and African American Vernacular English through his research.
He interconnects Deep linguistic processing, Likert scale and Focus in the investigation of issues within Variation.
His Sound change study combines topics in areas such as Degree, Linguistic system and Vowel.
His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Style-shifting, Context, Indexicality and Meaning.
His study in Sociolinguistics is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Literature, Narrative inquiry, Narrative and Applied linguistics.
Between 2007 and 2020, his most popular works were:
- One Hundred Years of Sound Change in Philadelphia: Linear Incrementation, Reversal, and Reanalysis (126 citations)
- Principles of Linguistic Change: Cognitive and Cultural Factors (99 citations)
- Properties of the sociolinguistic monitor (81 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Linguistics
- Social science
- World War II
His primary areas of study are Linguistics, Cognitive psychology, Variation, Phonology and Speech community.
His Linguistics research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Percentile and Test.
His research investigates the connection with Cognitive psychology and areas like Linguistic change which intersect with concerns in Volume.
His studies in Phonology integrate themes in fields like Context, Sound change, Linguistic system and Conformity.
As a member of one scientific family, William Labov mostly works in the field of Sound change, focusing on Salient and, on occasion, Sociolinguistics.
His Sociolinguistics study incorporates themes from Literature, Narrative, Vernacular and Vowel.
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