Editing William Labov (section)

==Honors==
In 1968, Labov received the David H. Russell Award for Distinguished Research in Teaching English.<ref>{{cite web |title=David H. Russell Award for Distinguished Research in the Teaching of English Winners |url=http://www2.ncte.org/app/uploads/2017/06/Russell_Award_Winners.pdf |publisher=NCTE |access-date=21 July 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721040940/http://www2.ncte.org/app/uploads/2017/06/Russell_Award_Winners.pdf |archive-date=21 July 2019}}</ref>

He was a [[Guggenheim Fellowship|Guggenheim Fellow]] in 1970–71 and 1987–88.<ref>{{cite web |title=All Fellows |url=https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/#gf-search-submit-btn |publisher=John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation |access-date=21 July 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190705224855/https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/#gf-search-submit-btn |archive-date=July 5, 2019}}</ref>

Labov received [[Honorary degree|honorary doctorates]] from, among others, the Faculty of Humanities at [[Uppsala University]] (1985) and [[University of Edinburgh]] (2005).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uu.se/en/about-uu/academic-traditions/traditions/honorary-doctorates/honorary-doctors-of-the-faculty-of-humanities|title=Honorary Doctors of the Faculty of Humanities |website=Uppsala University |date=2023-06-08 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216041212/https://www.uu.se/en/about-uu/academic-traditions/traditions/honorary-doctorates/honorary-doctors-of-the-faculty-of-humanities |archive-date=December 16, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=25 May 2015 |title=Honorary graduates 2004/05 |url=https://www.ed.ac.uk/about/people/honorary-degrees/2004-05 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604045619/https://www.ed.ac.uk/about/people/honorary-degrees/2004-05 |archive-date=Jun 4, 2023 |website=The University of Edinburgh}}</ref>

In 1996, he won the [https://www.linguisticsociety.org/about/who-we-are/lsa-awards#bloomfield Leonard Bloomfield Book Award] from the [[Linguistic Society of America]] (LSA) for ''Principles of Linguistic Change, Vol. 1'';<ref name=LBBA2019>{{cite web |title=Leonard Bloomfield Book Award Previous Holders |url=https://www.linguisticsociety.org/content/leonard-bloomfield-book-award-previous-holders |website=linguisticsociety.org |publisher=Linguistic Society of America |access-date=21 July 2019}}</ref> he won the Award again in 2008 as a coauthor of the ''Atlas of North American English''.<ref name=LBBA2019/>

In 2013, Labov received a [[Franklin Institute Awards|Franklin Institute Award]] in Computer and Cognitive Science for "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."<ref>{{cite web|title=Franklin Institute Awards: William Labov|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/william-labov|website=Franklin Institute|date=September 5, 2014}}</ref>

In 2013, [[Universitat Pompeu Fabra]] awarded Labov an honorary doctorate for "his brilliant teaching and research track record and for being one of the leading figures in the field of linguistics, founder of variationist and quantitative sociolinguistics".<ref>{{cite web|title=UPF honorary doctors: William Labov|url=https://www.upf.edu/web/universitat/doctors-honoris-causa-de-la-upf|website=Universitat Pompey Fabra|date=December 18, 2024}}</ref>

In 2015, he was awarded the [[Neil and Saras Smith Medal for Linguistics]] by the [[British Academy]] "for lifetime achievement in the scholarly study of linguistics" and "his significant contribution to linguistics and the language sciences".<ref>{{cite web|title=William Labov receives the Neil and Saras Smith Medal for Linguistics from the British Academy|url=http://www.ling.upenn.edu/news/2015/dec/william-labov-receives-neil-and-saras-smith-medal-linguistics-british-academy|website=Department of Linguistics|publisher=University of Pennsylvania|access-date=July 30, 2017|archive-date=July 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731033936/http://www.ling.upenn.edu/news/2015/dec/william-labov-receives-neil-and-saras-smith-medal-linguistics-british-academy|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2020, Labov was awarded the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]]' Talcott Parsons Prize, recognizing "distinguished and original contributions to the social sciences".<ref name="AAAS">{{cite web|title=Pioneering Sociolinguist William Labov Receiving Social Science Prize|url=https://www.amacad.org/news/william-labov-prize|publisher=American Academy of Arts and Sciences|date=January 29, 2020|access-date=January 30, 2020}}</ref>