toc : intern . journal of the sociology of language ( ijsl ) 128 , 129 , 130 ( 1998 ) international journal of the sociology of language issue 128 ( 1997 ) issues in language contact and social power relations edited by florian coulmas mouton de gruyter * berlin * new york frances trix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . alphabet conflict in the balkans : albanian and the congress of monastir didier l . goyvaerts . . . . . . . power , ethnicity , and the remarkable rise of lingala in bukavu , eastern zaire bahram sohrabi . . . . . . . . . . . . ethnolinguistic vitality and patterns of communication among the second generation of iranian immigrants in sweden david guyot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . plurilinguisme et metissage : le cas des metis du togo book review sonia branca - rosoff . . . . . . . construire le sens , by josiane boutet _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ international journal of the sociology of language issue 129 ( 1998 ) women 's languages in various parts of the world edited by sachiko ide and beverly hill mouton de gruyter * berlin * new york sachiko ide and beverly hill . preface : seeking the parameters part 1 . gender patterns in language use jenny cheshire and penelope gardner - chloros . . . . . code - switching and the sociolinguistic gender pattern iris e . w . m . bogaers . . . . . . . . . . gender in job interviews : some implications of verbal interactions of women and men part 2 . gender differences in less-described languages mira ariel and rachel giora . . a self versus other point of view in language : redefining femininity and masculinity onuigbo g . nwoye . . . . . . . . . . . . . linguistic gender difference in igbo elizabeth keating . . . . . . . . . . . . a woman 's role in constructing status hierarchies : using honorific language in pohnpei , micronesia tooru hayasi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . gender differences in modern turkish discourse part 3 . women 's languages in women 's world liming zhao . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . nushu : chinese women 's characters risako ide and tomomi terada . the historical origins of japanese women 's speech : from the secluded worlds of " court ladies " and " play ladies " ruth mukama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . women 's discourses as the conservators of cultural values in language review article jennifer coates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . plus ca change . . . : language and gender in japan . review of aspects of japanese women ' s language , edited by sachiko ide and naomi mcgloin _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ international journal of the sociology of language issue 130 ( 1998 ) linguistic issues of southeast asia edited by asmah haji omar mouton de gruyter * berlin * new york asmah haji omar . . . . . . . . . . . introduction peter w . martin . . . . . . . . . . . a sociolinguistic perspective on brunei cesar a . hidalgo . . . . . . . . . . language choice in a multilingual society : the case of the philippines soenjono dardjowidjojo . . . . strategies for a successful national language policy : the indonesian case asmah haji omar . . . . . . . . . . . language planning and image building : the case of malay in malaysia maya khemlani - david . . . . . . . language shift , cultural maintenance , and ethnic identity ; a study of a minority community : the sindhis of malaysia hafriza burhanudeen . . . . . . . greetings among royalty in malaysia elaine morais . . . . . . . . . . . . . language choice in a malaysian car-assembly plant jamaliah mohd . ali . . . . . . . . strategic communication and linguistic choices in a malaysian student seminar j . a . foley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . code - switching and learning among young children in singapore book review thilagawathi kanagaretnam . rules of speaking : verbal interactions at play , edited by zainab abdul majid and loga mahesan baskaran _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ mouton de gruyter walter de gruyter , inc . postfach 30 34 21 200 saw mill river road d-10728 berlin hawthorne , ny 10532 germany usa fax : + 49 ( 0 ) 30 26005-351 fax : + 1 914 747-1326 email : mouton @ degruyter . de publications by de gruyter can also be ordered via world wide web : http : / / www . degruyter . com