• I have resisted the term sociolinguistics for many years, since it implies that there can be a successful linguistic theory or practice which is not social.

    William Labov: I have resisted the term sociolinguistics for many years, since it implies that there can be a successful linguistic theory or practice which is not social.
    William Labov (1972). “Sociolinguistic Patterns”, p.13, University of Pennsylvania Press