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Gareth Price's book, "Language, Society, and the State: From Colonization to Globalization in Taiwan," aims to develop a theoretical framework of a political sociology of language in Taiwan. The book partially succeeds in achieving its goals, with the first two chapters outlining definitions of language, society, and the state, and describing the political sociology of language. The remaining chapters discuss different periods of language hegemony in Taiwan's history, but do not offer much new information for expert researchers. The book fills a gap in Taiwan studies by providing easily accessible yet comprehensive information on the topic. [Extracted from the article]

The book "Self- and Other-Reference in Social Contexts: From global to local discourses" explores the use of pronouns in discourse to understand how individuals construct and negotiate their identities in various social situations. The book takes a multidisciplinary approach, drawing from fields such as linguistics, psychology, sociology, anthropology, and cultural studies. It examines the power dynamics between in-groups and out-groups and explores the effects of group categorization. The book also analyzes how pronouns are used to build and maintain relationships, shape individual and group identities, and convey characteristics of in-groups and out-groups. Overall, the book provides valuable insights into the complex nature of self- and other-reference in social contexts. [Extracted from the article]

Yael Reshef's book "Historical Continuity in the Emergence of Modern Hebrew" explores the development of Modern Hebrew, tracing its unique journey from a dormant language to a fully functional vernacular after 1700 years. Through a diachronic analysis, Reshef examines linguistic issues in Early Modern Hebrew, comparing it to Classical Hebrew and Present-Day Hebrew to shed light on standardization processes and continuity from Classical Hebrew. The book delves into various linguistic phenomena in Early Modern Hebrew, such as honorifics, adjective grading, and action nouns, showcasing the evolution and preservation of Hebrew across different historical phases. Reshef's work offers a significant contribution to the study of Modern Hebrew, emphasizing the intricate connections between the language's past and present forms. [Extracted from the article]

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She concludes that for successful bilingualism such strategies as one person/one language approach and home language/community language systems may not be as important as it has been suggested in earlier research. "Codeswitching by Japan's unrecognised bilinguals: Japanese university students' use of their native language as a learning strategy" by Sandra Fotos explores how Japanese learners of English use code-switching as a learning strategy. R. Michael Bostwick evaluates the effect of the first immersion programme in Japan in "Bilingual education of children in Japan: year four of a partial immersion programme". [Extracted from the article]

Even as Leung differentiates between the ideological and practical instances of official multilingualism, she emphasizes the emotive power multilingualism holds. Leung cautions that these movements do not signal an end to the "one nation, one language" ideology since many post-colonial states see multilingualism as a transition strategy to endogenous monolingual societies. Expanding her argument on the limited reach of official status, in chapter 3 Leung demonstrates how official multilingualism functions through symbolic jurisprudence. [Extracted from the article]

Liu's survey analysis finds that in all five countries, Chinese migrants situated in bridging Mandarin networks are more likely than their counterparts in bonding networks to engage with the political institutions and the locals. According to these criteria, bonding networks were largely found among Zhejiang and Fujianese migrants, while other Chinese migrants were in Mandarin-speaking bridging networks. Here Amy Liu chooses migrants' language(s) as the defining characteristic of their migrant networks. [Extracted from the article]

The diversity of the articles reflects the broadened horizon for Arabic linguistics analysis, and the expansion and shift of the field that happened over the past few decades, thanks to the emergence of Arabic sociolinguistics, variationist theory, corpus linguistics, and Arabic media studies. The handbook then addresses Arabic computational and corpus linguistics in the fourth part. The handbook is divided into six thematic areas: Arabic applied linguistics, Arabic variation and sociolinguistics, theoretical and descriptive studies, Arabic computational and corpus linguistics, Arabic linguistics and new media studies, and Arabic linguistics in literature and translation. [Extracted from the article]