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'''Gillian Sankoff''' is a Canadian-American [[sociolinguistics|sociolinguist]], and professor emerita of linguistics at the [[University of Pennsylvania]].<ref>[http://www.ling.upenn.edu/~gillian/home.html ''ling.upenn.edu'']</ref> She is known for her work on Montréal French, on [[pidgin]] and [[creole language]]s, and on how speakers' use of language changes over the course of their lifespans.<ref>[http://underlingsosu.wordpress.com/2013/02/25/william-labov-and-gillian-sankoff-come-to-ohio-state/ "william-labov-and-gillian-sankoff-come-to-ohio-state/"], ''underlingsosu.wordpress.com'', 2013/02/25.</ref> In 1986 she received a Guggenheim fellowship.<ref>[http://www.gf.org/fellows/12874-gillian-sankoff "gillian-sankoff"], ''gf.org''.</ref>
'''Gillian Elizabeth Sankoff''' (born March 6, 1943) (pronounced {{IPAc-en|'|g|ɪ|l|i|ə|n}}) is a Canadian-American [[sociolinguistics|sociolinguist]], and professor emerita of linguistics at the [[University of Pennsylvania]].<ref>[http://www.ling.upenn.edu/~gillian/home.html ''ling.upenn.edu'']</ref> Sankoff's notable former students include [[Miriam Meyerhoff]].


==Biography==
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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 award-winning sociologist, [[Alice Goffman]].<ref>[http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/soc/faculty/show-person.php?person_id=1335 ''ssc.wisc.edu'']</ref>
She earned her PhD in 1968 from [[McGill University]], with a dissertation entitled, "Social aspects of multilingualism in New Guinea."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mcgill.ca/linguistics/research/theses|title=Alumni {{!}} Linguistics - McGill University|website=www.mcgill.ca|language=en|access-date=2017-09-23}}</ref>

She is known for her work on Montréal French, on [[pidgin]] and [[creole language]]s (in particular, [[Tok Pisin]]), and on how speakers' use of language changes over the course of their lifespans.<ref>[http://underlingsosu.wordpress.com/2013/02/25/william-labov-and-gillian-sankoff-come-to-ohio-state/ "william-labov-and-gillian-sankoff-come-to-ohio-state/"], ''underlingsosu.wordpress.com'', 2013/02/25.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scholar.google.se/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0,5&as_vis=1&q=work+of++%22gillian+sankoff%22|title=Google Scholar|website=scholar.google.se|access-date=2017-09-23}}</ref> Her contributions to the development of the [[Variation (linguistics)|variationist approach to sociolinguistics]] are documented in interviews featured in [[Sali Tagliamonte|Tagliamonte]]'s<ref>{{Cite book|title=Making waves : the story of variationist sociolinguistics|last=Sali|first=Tagliamonte|isbn=9781118455166|location=Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom|oclc=921307274|date = 2015-11-02}}</ref> (2015) history of the field.

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She was married to Canadian mathematician [[David Sankoff]], then to Canadian-American sociologist [[Erving Goffman]] from 1981 to his death in 1982, and subsequently married American sociolinguist [[William Labov]] in 1993. She is the mother of sociologist [[Alice Goffman]].<ref>[http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/soc/faculty/show-person.php?person_id=1335 ''ssc.wisc.edu'']</ref>

== Honors ==
In 1986 she received a [[Guggenheim Fellowship|Guggenheim fellowship]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gillian Sankoff Guggenheim Fellow |url=https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/gillian-sankoff/ |website=John Simon Guggenheim Foundation}}</ref>

A [[Festschrift]] in her honor, ''Social Lives in Language'',<ref>{{Cite book |title=Social lives in language--sociolinguistics and multilingual speech communities : celebrating the work of Gillian Sankoff |date=2008 |publisher=John Benjamins |others=Sankoff, Gillian., Meyerhoff, Miriam., Nagy, Naomi. |isbn=9789027218636 |location=Amsterdam |oclc=646762079}}</ref> appeared in 2008. A special panel in her honor was organized as part of the [[New Ways of Analyzing Variation|NWAV]] 41 (2012) conference held at Indiana University.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NWAV 41 at Indiana University |url=http://frit.indiana.edu/docs/newsletters/2013-summer-frit.pdf |website=2013 summer FRIT newsletter IU}}</ref>

She was named a [[fellow of the Linguistic Society of America]] (LSA) in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gillian Sankoff named as an LSA Fellow, Class of 2018 {{!}} Department of Linguistics |url=https://www.ling.upenn.edu/news/2017/aug/gillian-sankoff-named-lsa-fellow-class-2018 |access-date=2017-09-23 |website=www.ling.upenn.edu |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Introducing the LSA Fellows, Class of 2018 {{!}} Linguistic Society of America |url=https://www.linguisticsociety.org/news/2017/07/31/introducing-lsa-fellows-class-2018 |access-date=2017-09-23 |website=www.linguisticsociety.org}}</ref>

== Selected publications ==

* Gillian Sankoff and Hélène Blondeau. 2007. Language change across the lifespan: /r/ in Montreal French. ''Language'' 83, 560-588.
* Gillian Sankoff. 2001. Linguistic outcomes of language contact. In J.K. Chambers, P. Trudgill & Natalie Schilling-Estes (eds.), ''Handbook of Sociolinguistics''. Oxford: Blackwell, 638-668.
* Gillian Sankoff. 2004. Adolescents, young adults and the critical period: two case studies from "Seven Up". In C. Fought (ed.), ''Sociolinguistic Variation: Critical Reflections''. Oxford University Press, 121-139.
* Gillian Sankoff and Suzanne Laberge. 1973. On the acquisition of native speakers by a language. ''Kivung'' 6, 32-47.
* Gillian Sankoff and Penelope Brown. 1976. The origins of syntax in discourse: a case study of Tok Pisin relatives. ''Language'' 52, 631-666.
* Gillian Sankoff et al. 1997. Variation in the use of discourse markers in a language contact situation. ''Language Variation and Change'' 9, 191-217.


==References==
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== External links ==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3Eoaq0jNdo Gillian Sankoff lecture, York University]


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Latest revision as of 07:11, 18 December 2024

Gillian Sankoff
Born (1943-03-06) March 6, 1943 (age 81)
OccupationLinguist
Spouses
  • David Sankoff
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    (m. 1981; died 1982)​
  • ​
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    (m. 1993; died 2024)​
ChildrenAlice Goffman

Gillian Elizabeth Sankoff (born March 6, 1943) (pronounced /ˈɡɪliən/) is a Canadian-American sociolinguist, and professor emerita of linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania.[1] Sankoff's notable former students include Miriam Meyerhoff.

Biography

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She earned her PhD in 1968 from McGill University, with a dissertation entitled, "Social aspects of multilingualism in New Guinea."[2]

She is known for her work on Montréal French, on pidgin and creole languages (in particular, Tok Pisin), and on how speakers' use of language changes over the course of their lifespans.[3][4] Her contributions to the development of the variationist approach to sociolinguistics are documented in interviews featured in Tagliamonte's[5] (2015) history of the field.

She was married to Canadian mathematician David Sankoff, then to Canadian-American sociologist Erving Goffman from 1981 to his death in 1982, and subsequently married American sociolinguist William Labov in 1993. She is the mother of sociologist Alice Goffman.[6]

Honors

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In 1986 she received a Guggenheim fellowship.[7]

A Festschrift in her honor, Social Lives in Language,[8] appeared in 2008. A special panel in her honor was organized as part of the NWAV 41 (2012) conference held at Indiana University.[9]

She was named a fellow of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA) in 2018.[10][11]

Selected publications

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  • Gillian Sankoff and Hélène Blondeau. 2007. Language change across the lifespan: /r/ in Montreal French. Language 83, 560-588.
  • Gillian Sankoff. 2001. Linguistic outcomes of language contact. In J.K. Chambers, P. Trudgill & Natalie Schilling-Estes (eds.), Handbook of Sociolinguistics. Oxford: Blackwell, 638-668.
  • Gillian Sankoff. 2004. Adolescents, young adults and the critical period: two case studies from "Seven Up". In C. Fought (ed.), Sociolinguistic Variation: Critical Reflections. Oxford University Press, 121-139.
  • Gillian Sankoff and Suzanne Laberge. 1973. On the acquisition of native speakers by a language. Kivung 6, 32-47.
  • Gillian Sankoff and Penelope Brown. 1976. The origins of syntax in discourse: a case study of Tok Pisin relatives. Language 52, 631-666.
  • Gillian Sankoff et al. 1997. Variation in the use of discourse markers in a language contact situation. Language Variation and Change 9, 191-217.

References

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  1. ^ ling.upenn.edu
  2. ^ "Alumni | Linguistics - McGill University". www.mcgill.ca. Retrieved 2017-09-23.
  3. ^ "william-labov-and-gillian-sankoff-come-to-ohio-state/", underlingsosu.wordpress.com, 2013/02/25.
  4. ^ "Google Scholar". scholar.google.se. Retrieved 2017-09-23.
  5. ^ Sali, Tagliamonte (2015-11-02). Making waves : the story of variationist sociolinguistics. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom. ISBN 9781118455166. OCLC 921307274.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ^ ssc.wisc.edu
  7. ^ "Gillian Sankoff Guggenheim Fellow". John Simon Guggenheim Foundation.
  8. ^ Social lives in language--sociolinguistics and multilingual speech communities : celebrating the work of Gillian Sankoff. Sankoff, Gillian., Meyerhoff, Miriam., Nagy, Naomi. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. 2008. ISBN 9789027218636. OCLC 646762079.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  9. ^ "NWAV 41 at Indiana University" (PDF). 2013 summer FRIT newsletter IU.
  10. ^ "Gillian Sankoff named as an LSA Fellow, Class of 2018 | Department of Linguistics". www.ling.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2017-09-23.
  11. ^ "Introducing the LSA Fellows, Class of 2018 | Linguistic Society of America". www.linguisticsociety.org. Retrieved 2017-09-23.
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