William Labov, Who Studied How Society Shapes Language, Dies at 97
William Labov significantly advanced the field of sociolinguistics by emphasizing fieldwork and its role in understanding how social factors influence language.
Is It Harris' or Harris's? Add a Walz, and It's Even Trickier.
The placement of apostrophes in possessive forms of names, especially those ending with 's', is subject to variation and lacks universal rules.