Sociolinguist Bill Labov demonstrated empirically that language is socially stratified, that whether you identify with a place & it’s traditions affects how you speak, that African American English is a dialect worthy of study, that narratives of personal experience are structured, & so much more

Live your life so that when you die at 97, colleagues and friends in the field that you founded are full of gratefulness and thanks for what you accomplished and sadness that you’re gone. Thank you, Bill Labov.

seeing wicked in LESS THAN 24 HOURS I have been waiting YEARS for this I'm going to scream

tried to scroll twitter and there's just so many doctor who spoilers stoppppp i can't watch it yet

hi this is my intro post i guess!!
i'm spencer, 31yo, they/them 🌈

things i enjoy and may post about:
being queer and autistic, reading, linguistics, learning german, willemijn verkaik, wicked, melanie c, spice girls, one direction, darren criss, glee, jonas nay, jodie whittaker

i have been trying to get an invite code for so long and finally got one from linkedin, bless 🩷