In the former French colony of Madagascar, the French language continues to play an important role in education, particularly at university level. French and Malagasy are the official languages in the Indian Ocean Island.
I’ve just finished the last proofs of the forthcoming volume “Research trends in intercultural pragmatics”, edited by Istvan Kecskes and Jesús Romero-Trillo, to appear in September 2013. See webpage
The volume edited by I.Kecskes & J. Romero-Trillo, Research Trends in Intercultural Pragmatics, will be published by Mouton de Gruyter in October 2013. The Table of Contents will be available soon.