Gillian Sankoff
| Gillian Sankoff | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Linguistics professor |
| Spouse(s) |
Erving Goffman (1981-1982) (his death) William Labov |
| Children | Alice Goffman |
Gillian Sankoff is a Canadian-American sociolinguist, and professor emerita of linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania.[1] She is known for her work on Montréal French, on pidgin and creole languages, and on how speakers' use of language changes over the course of their lifespans.[2] In 1986 she received a Guggenheim fellowship.[3]
She was married to sociologist Erving Goffman from 1981 to his death in 1982, and subsequently married sociolinguist William Labov in 1993. She is the mother of sociologist Alice Goffman.[4]
References
- ↑ ling.upenn.edu
- ↑ "william-labov-and-gillian-sankoff-come-to-ohio-state/", underlingsosu.wordpress.com, 2013/02/25.
- ↑ "gillian-sankoff", gf.org.
- ↑ ssc.wisc.edu
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