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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 453.21
EAN num: 9780521475068
ISBN number: 0521475066
Label: Cambridge University Press
Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
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Page Count: 732
Printing Date: February 12, 2001
Publishing house: Cambridge University Press
Sale Popularity Level: 3700575
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This book enables students who have already developed a basic competence in Italian to broaden and improve their vocabulary and choose among words with similar meanings. It is the very first book of Italian synonyms to be produced with the needs of English speakers in mind. All entries are accompanied by examples of usage and are graded to indicate their level of formality, and there are two indexes allowing users to locate words in Italian or English. This is an essential reference for intermediate and advanced students and teachers of Italian.
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I agree with one reviewer who said that this was lacking translations. It doesn't seem purposeful to me to create a synonym book without translating the examples provided.
That being said, I still think it is a good source. If you are looking for help in distinguishing or determining synonyms, this book is for you. I would say that this book is for intermediate/advanced students because of the lack of translations for the examples.
Also I also agree with that reviewer who said not enough distinctions were made between the examples used. Otherwise, this is a solid book and a good effort.
Keith Preble
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One cannot help but be frustrated by the dearth of good Italian reference works (beyond grammars) for the intermediate/advanced student. A text like this one is certainly needed and I would recommend its purchase simply for the fact that there is nothing better out there. But if has some problems. First off, the author's explanatory text of what distinguishes one Italian synonym from another is very skimpy, often times not providing enough for the English speaker to grasp the difference. For example, a sweater (pullover)listes 6 different synonyms. You really don't get a crisp grasp of the distinctions as presented (Compare this with K B Beaton's classic "Practical Dictionary of German Usage" which sets the standards for how this should be done). Every entry does have a sentence in Italian, but unfortunately the sentence is not translated. So unless your Italian is very proficient, you'll be bogged down looking up quite a few words. I understand that at 724 pages the authors made this compromise to keep the book at a reasonable size, but this certainly does impact the learner if he/she doesn't already speak decent Italian. In praise of this work, besides the many sentences, each word used in the text is indexed in the back so that you can find a particular entry quickly. So I wish the authors had spent more resources in clearly defining where each word would be used in Italian. But this book still belongs on the shelf of anyone who has an interest in acquiring an intermediate or higher proficiency in speaking the Italian language.
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This book is heavy. As in it weighs a lot and is thick. 656 pages of synonyms. This looks like an excellent reference for building vocabulary. Definitely worth the money.
We Americans are lucky that there are such excellent Italian language books coming out of the UK.
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Italian Synonyms is the only such reference available for speakers of English. Under about 1000 Italian headwords are grouped related words and meanings with usage examples in Italian. What's more, the words are grouped by level of formality/informality to give the feel for how/when to use each word--something you can't get in even the best bilingual dictionaries. Valuable, practical, and comprehensive. Every serious English-speaking student of Italian should own this book.
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