Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary [Hardcover]

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Publication Date: September 7, 2006 | ISBN-10: 0199297746 | ISBN-13: 978-0199297740 | Edition: 2nd

The second edition of the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary' is the most complete and up-to-date Italian dictionary available. It covers contemporary terms such as aid worker, climate change, and life coach, and includes specialist EU terminology such as acquis and revolving presidency. The 7,000 most frequently used words in Italian are highlighted to help you learn essential vocabulary. This edition also features cultural notes that provide lively and interesting information on life in Italy, and a guide to correspondence, which includes sample letters, emails, CVs, and help with text messaging. There are notes throughout the A-Z text to warn of politically sensitive vocabulary, to alert you to key differences between Italian and English, and to show how words such as with and before are used in different contexts. This edition retains such popular features as quick-reference verb tables, and lists of vocabulary on topics such as seasons, rivers, sports, and more. It is an essential reference tool for all serious students of Italian at university level and beyond, and for those who need an authoritative and comprehensive guide to Italian.

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`Review from previous edition 'An excellent one-volume bilingual dictionary...by far and away the best product in its class.'' Dr Domenico Zanre, University of Glasgow

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`'...excellent quality, quite comprehensive and packed full of words. I particularly liked the technical notes and very extensive lists of expressions for verbs that can have varied meanings in English such as 'fare' and 'stare'.'' Amazon reviewer

Product Details

• Hardcover: 2800 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press; 2nd edition (September 7, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0199297746
• ISBN-13: 978-0199297740
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 7.1 x 3.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Methinks ISBN-10: 0199297746 is the U.K. 2nd ed. release; ISBN-10: 0199297754 = U.S. 2nd ed., July 20, 2006

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T. Luck "theloniusluck" (Boh.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary (Hardcover)

Under the amazon record for ISBN-10: 0828891222, amazon customer "Bill" cites that pp. 2413 through 2477 are missing in his Oxford Paravia [Unabridged] Italian Dictionary (2001). I suspect he was the unwitting purchaser of an edition pulled from release in most markets for printing errors (probably a PARAVIA imprint of the same dictionary, possibly with the order of the English and Italian sections "reversed"). Notice the publisher info here (ISBN-10: 0828891222) is not Oxford Univ. Press, though the paging matches the legitimate 2001 edition that I have. My edition (ISBN-10: 0198604378) has complete paging, i.e. the missing pages noted by Mr. Bill are not missing in my edition. None of this should matter to you, though, as I urge you to bypass the 2001 edition for the SECOND EDITION (ISBN-10: 0199297754), which (apparently) improves on an already fantastic bilingual resource.

The 2001 edition is outstanding, and the 2nd edition will no doubt be outstanding-ing-er [read the description under ISBN-10: 0199297754]. To (hopefully) clear up more confusion about Oxford Paravia listings here on amazon's U.S. site, I did a little research on Oxford University Press' U.S. and U.K. sites. ISBN-10: 0199297754 appears to refer to the U.S. 2nd edition release, available early 2007. ISBN-10: 0199297746 appears to refer to the U.K. release of the 2nd ed., which I have little doubt is the exact same unabridged (phenomenal) bilingual, Eng-It dictionary as the U.S. release, differing only in ISBN (and release date -- apparently earlier in the UK).

The currently available Concise Oxford Paravia (ISBN-10: 0198607695), published in 2003, is absolutely the best concise available and has most (if not all) of the "sidebar" features of the 2001 unabridged Oxford Paravia. However, it is heavier than three other concise paperback competitors: the Pocket Oxford Italian Dictionary, the Collins Concise or the older Webster's (c1985, reprint 1992). I've posted "reviews" under each of these items -- you'll find them linked to my nickname.

Translators, other professionals, and lovers of the Italian language will also want the monolingual Italian beauty titled: il DEVOTO-OLI Vocabolario della lingua italiana 2007 (con CD-ROM), a cura di Luca Serianni e Maurizio Trifone, published by Le Monnier, c. 2006 (ISBN-10: 8804555068). The accompanying CD-ROM is cross-platform (i.e., Windows and Mac OSX compatible). Look for other works published (separately) by Serianni and Trifone -- they're both highly regarded linguists.