From Labov + -ian. <span class="searchmatch">Labovian</span> (comparative more <span class="searchmatch">Labovian</span>, superlative most <span class="searchmatch">Labovian</span>) Of or relating to William Labov (born 1927), American linguist, widely...
(feminine singular Labovaidd, plural Labovaidd, not comparable, not mutable) <span class="searchmatch">Labovian</span> (of or relating to the sociolinguist William Labov) 1986, Bwletin y Bwrdd...
The most frequently paraded example of apparent merger in English in the <span class="searchmatch">Labovian</span> literature is the line—loin merger in Essex, England (see Labov, Yaeger...