William Labov Awarded Prestigious Franklin Institute Medal
Monday, October 22, 2012 - 9:27am
University of Pennsylvania linguist and LSA member William Labov has been awarded the 2013 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science "[f]or establishing the cognitive basis of language variation and change through rigorous analysis of linguistic data, and for the study of non-standard dialects with significant social and cultural implications." Read more ....