Volume 27, Number 6, 2006

Aaron Castelan Cargile, Jiro Takai and José I. Rodríguez

Attitudes Toward African–American Vernacular English: A US Export to Japan?.......443

Paolo Coluzzi

Minority Language Planning and Micronationalism in Italy: The Cases of Lombardy and Friuli.......457

Michal Tannenbaum, Netta Abugov and Dorit Ravid

Hebrew-language Narratives of Yiddish-speaking Ultra-Orthodox Girls in Israel.......472

Zhenhui Rao

Understanding Chinese Students' Use of Language Learning Strategies from Cultural and Educational Perspectives.......491

Book Reviews

Striking a Balance: The Management of Language in Singapore.......509

Theory Construction in Second Language Acquisition.......511

Multicultural Politics: Racism, Ethnicity and Muslims in Britain.......513

Sociolinguistic Impact of Ethnic-State Policies: The Effects on the Language Development of the Arab Population in Israel.......515

Dumbing Down: Culture, Politics and the Mass Media.......516

A War of Words: Language and Conflict in the Middle East.......517

Leben mit mehreren Sprachen - Vivre avec plusieurs langues: Sprachbiographien - Biographies langagiéres.......519

English-Only Europe? Challenging Language Policy.......521

Handbook of Bilingualism: Psycholinguistic Approaches.......524

Language and Identity: National, Ethnic, Religious.......525

Humanitarianism, Identity and Nation: Migration Laws in Canada and Australia.......527

Modern Roots: Studies of National Identity.......529

Multilingualism, Cultural Identity and Education in Morocco.......531

Language and Society in Japan.......533