Thomas Szende is Professor of Hungarian and Applied Linguistics at INALCO (University of Oriental Languages and Civilizations, Paris, France) and Director of the PLIDAM Research Centre (Pluralité des Langues et des Identités: Didactique, Acquisition, Médiations). His research interests include Second Language Acquisition as well as Hungarian Grammar, Bilingual Lexicography and Translation.

• Contents: Languages, Cultures and Globalization – Mother Culture and Foreign Culture – Words And Ways of Saying Things – Discourse and Interaction – Alterity and Imagination – Culture: Pedagogical Challenges.

«This book is […] a perfect volume for the reader who wishes to gain new insights about culture, particularly the intimate relationship between language and culture, and who wishes to be challenged on virtually every page by the many ideas, theories, and authors that Szende includes in this volume.»(Diane W. Birckbichler, French Review, vol. 89.1 2015)

Thomas Szende is Professor of Hungarian and Applied Linguistics at INALCO (University of Oriental Languages and Civilizations, Paris, France) and Director of the PLIDAM Research Centre (Pluralité des Langues et des Identités: Didactique, Acquisition, Médiations). His research interests include Second Language Acquisition as well as Hungarian Grammar, Bilingual Lexicography and Translation.

• Contents: Languages, Cultures and Globalization – Mother Culture and Foreign Culture – Words And Ways of Saying Things – Discourse and Interaction – Alterity and Imagination – Culture: Pedagogical Challenges.

«This book is […] a perfect volume for the reader who wishes to gain new insights about culture, particularly the intimate relationship between language and culture, and who wishes to be challenged on virtually every page by the many ideas, theories, and authors that Szende includes in this volume.»(Diane W. Birckbichler, French Review, vol. 89.1 2015)

Thomas Szende is Professor of Hungarian and Applied Linguistics at INALCO (University of Oriental Languages and Civilizations, Paris, France) and Director of the PLIDAM Research Centre (Pluralité des Langues et des Identités: Didactique, Acquisition, Médiations). His research interests include Second Language Acquisition as well as Hungarian Grammar, Bilingual Lexicography and Translation.

• Contents: Languages, Cultures and Globalization – Mother Culture and Foreign Culture – Words And Ways of Saying Things – Discourse and Interaction – Alterity and Imagination – Culture: Pedagogical Challenges.

«This book is […] a perfect volume for the reader who wishes to gain new insights about culture, particularly the intimate relationship between language and culture, and who wishes to be challenged on virtually every page by the many ideas, theories, and authors that Szende includes in this volume.»(Diane W. Birckbichler, French Review, vol. 89.1 2015)