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Using Italian Vocabulary » (1ST)
Authors: Marcel Danesi
ISBN-13: 9780521524254, ISBN-10: 0521524253
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: October 2003
Edition: 1ST
Author Biography: Marcel Danesi
Marcel Danesi is Professor of Semiotics, Italian, and Anthropology and Director of the Program in Semiotics at the University of Toronto. He has also taught at various universities in North America and Italy. He has published extensively on matters of Italian language and culture.
Book Synopsis
A comprehensive and structured guide to Italian vocabulary.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | ||
| Abbreviations | ||
| Introduction: Aims - Structure and organization | 1 | |
| Unit 1 | Towns, cities, and buildings | 5 |
| The household | ||
| Gardens | ||
| Unit 2 | The physical world | 30 |
| The animal world | ||
| The weather | ||
| Unit 3 | The body | 55 |
| Health services | ||
| Unit 4 | Physical appearance | 82 |
| Body language | ||
| Unit 5 | Personality | 102 |
| Behavior | ||
| Unit 6 | Clothing, footwear, and accessories | 126 |
| Food and drink | ||
| Unit 7 | Perception, moods, and the mind | 152 |
| Materials and textures | ||
| Unit 8 | Quantity, shape, measurement, and size | 174 |
| Containers | ||
| Unit 9 | The arts | 193 |
| The media | ||
| Unit 10 | Literature and writing | 216 |
| Expression, interacting, speaking, reading, writing, and phoning | ||
| Unit 11 | Leisure | 239 |
| Sport | ||
| Unit 12 | Travel | 255 |
| Transportation | ||
| Unit 13 | The life cycle | 277 |
| Religion | ||
| Unit 14 | Education | 300 |
| Science | ||
| Unit 15 | Agriculture | 326 |
| Industry | ||
| Unit 16 | The business world | 345 |
| Employment | ||
| Unit 17 | The office and computing | 363 |
| Communications | ||
| Unit 18 | Law | 385 |
| Finance | ||
| Unit 19 | Geography | 407 |
| History and war | ||
| Unit 20 | Politics | 434 |
| Social services and social issues | ||
| Answers to exercises | 452 |
Subjects
Foreign Languages
Italian Italian language -> Conversation and phrase books -> English
Foreign Languages All Foreign Languages Italian Language Reference
Nonfiction Philosophy Linguistics & Semiotics
Philosophy Linguistics & Semiotics Language Families
Reference Learning Languages Italian Language Reference
Nonfiction Reference Learning Languages
Reference Foreign-language Study Aids & Dictionaries Italian
Reference Foreign-language Study Aids & Dictionaries All Foreign Languages
Italian Italian language -> Conversation and phrase books -> EnglishForeign Languages
All Foreign Languages Italian Language ReferenceNonfiction
Philosophy Linguistics & SemioticsPhilosophy
Linguistics & Semiotics Language FamiliesReference
Learning Languages Italian Language ReferenceNonfiction
Reference Learning LanguagesReference
Foreign-language Study Aids & Dictionaries ItalianReference
Foreign-language Study Aids & Dictionaries All Foreign Languages
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