Editing William Labov (section)

==Early life and education==
Labov was born in [[Passaic, New Jersey]], and raised in [[Rutherford, New Jersey|Rutherford]], moving to [[Fort Lee, New Jersey|Fort Lee]] at age 12. According to Labov, the physician who delivered him was [[William Carlos Williams]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Labov |first1=William |title=Conversations With Strangers |last2=Sankoff |first2=Gillian |date=July 2023 |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |isbn=9781009340922 |page=7 |language=en |quote="My birth certificate shows that I was delivered in Passaic by the poet Dr. William Carlos Williams."}}</ref> He attended [[Harvard University]], where he majored in English and philosophy and studied chemistry.<ref name="HIgiL">{{cite web |last1=Labov |first1=William |title=How I got into Linguistics |url=https://www.ling.upenn.edu/~wlabov/HowIgot.html |website=www.ling.upenn.edu |access-date=27 March 2023}}</ref> He graduated from Harvard in 1948.{{cn|date=December 2024}}