Associate Professor Jessi Grieser recently published "The greatest puzzle: Labov's "Inherent variability of the copula" and its change in the field." A commentary on William Labov's paper "Contracion, deletion, and inherent variability of the English copula" republished in this issue. as part of the Language Centennial Celebration.
Title: The greatest puzzle: Labov's "Inherent variability of the copula" and its change in the field
