William Labov, a student of Weinreich's, is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania. Beatrice S. Weinreich, folklorist and cultural geographer, worked closely with her husband, Uriel Weinreich, for twenty years.

"A well edited collection of Weinreich's articles." (Choice) "The critical works soar, fly; they are graceful and forceful. . . . There is reason to read and reread Weinreich on semantics." (Canadian Journal of Linguistics)