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The following reference works are shelved on the main floor of the Wolfgram Library.
Compact Oxford Italian Dictionary by
The Compact Oxford Italian Dictionary offers over 90,000 words and phrases, and 120,000 translations of contemporary Italian and English. It covers all the words you need for everyday use, carefully selected from evidence from the Oxford Languages Tracker and the Oxford English Corpus. Alsoincludes Italian and English cultural and grammar supplements to help you improve your Italian or English.
Also see the relevant titles in the Dictionary of Literary Biography series for Twentieth Century Italian novelists and poets.
Dizionario Combinatorio Compatto Italiano by
Le parole di una lingua non sono mai isolate ma si usano in combinazione e non con qualunque parola ma solo con alcune. Per parlare bene bisogna usare le combinazioni appropriate. In italiano si dice un tozzo di pane per indicare un pezzo di pane, ma si dice anche un tozzo di carne? E una discussione si solleva? O si solleva un'obiezione? Una discussione si affronta, ma un'obiezione? In italiano non si dice fare un appuntamento con qualcuno ma fissare o prendere un appuntamento. Ogni lingua preferisce combinazioni diverse e quindi #65533; facile sbagliare quando si parla una lingua straniera. A volte per#65533; anche il parlante nativo sbaglia o non #65533; sicuro. Questo dizionario ricostruisce l'ambiente linguistico di circa 3.000 entrate per aiutare ogni parlante a comunicare in italiano. #65533; destinato al parlante straniero che ha una conoscenza avanzata della lingua italiana ma anche al parlante nativo che #65533; in cerca della parola giusta. Un dizionario che si distingue dai normali dizionari monolingui e bilingui perch#65533; indica sistematicamente le combinazioni lessicali (circa 90.000), molto spesso spiegandole e/o accompagnandole con esempi per chiarirne l'uso. - Words are never used in isolation but in combination and not with any word but only with certain specific words. To use a language properly the appropriate combinations must be used. In Italian a piece of bread is a tozzo di pane, but is that the case for meat? Is a tozzo di carne an appropriate combination? If you want to make an appointment with somebody you should not say (as in English) fare un appuntamento but fissare un appuntamento. An Italian affronta una discussione (enters or tackles a discussion), but is it possible for him to say affrontare un'obiezione (to enter or tackle an objection)? Yes it is, as this dictionary shows. So every language has its own preferences in word combinations, misleading a non-native learner into making mistakes influenced by his own language. This dictionary reconstructs the frame to which 3,000 Italian entries belong and aims to help non-Italian speakers with an advanced linguistic competence to find the appropriate word combinations for communicating in Italian. Moreover, this dictionary can also be useful for native speakers who want to improve their lexical choices in writing and speaking Italian. The dictionary, contrary to ordinary monolingual and bilingual dictionaries, systematically lists word combinations (almost 90,000), explaining and/or exemplifying them. Also available: Dizionario Combinatorio Italiano, a more extensive, 2-volume hardcover edition with 6,500 entries listing over 200,000 word combinations.
Italian Slanguage: a fun visual guide to Italian terms and phrases by
Learn simple Italian faster than you can say arrivederci! With this fun visual guide, simply follow the illustrated prompts and read the English words out loud: soon you'll be speaking Italian! Ask how someone is doing: "Comb Mess Tie" or say breakfast: "Cole Lot See Owe Nay." The simple icons are easy to follow and this pocket-sized guide is easy to carry with you. It will give you the basic phrases you need to get around while traveling, whether asking directions, ordering food at a restaurant, or shopping. But most of all, it's just plain fun!
Lettura e Conversazione by
Designed for beginning students of Italian at the high-school, university, and community college levels, Lettura e Conversazione is a series of interesting, stimulating dialogues and readings based on actual experiences and situations that the student faces in daily life, It stresses the acquisition of useful, practical vocabulary and the development of speaking and comprehension skills.
