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| DaraghM Diglot Senior Member Ireland Joined 5950 days ago 1947 posts - 2923 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French, Russian, Hungarian | Message 1 of 2 30 March 2012 at 3:19pm | IP Logged |
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I've never used a study dictionary in my language learning before. All the dictionaries I've previously purchased for my languages were standard reference dictionaries. In my recent journey into Italian study, I purchased the Collins Easy Learning Italian dictionary. This has to be one of the most useful study aids I wish I'd discovered long ago. While the dictionary doesn't contain as many translations as a similar sized reference dictionary, it does include numerous example sentences and tips on usage. Where words have multiple meanings, it has a nicer format than most standard reference works.
I also looked at their Easy Learning Spanish dictionary. I'm not sure if it's quite as good. I checked up some verbs such as llevar, seguir, and volver, and it doesn't explicitly highlight their special roles with gerunds and infinitives. I checked the equivalent Oxford Study dictionary and it does cover this more explictly, but it misses out some important verbs. E.g. destacar Has anyone use other study dictionaries, and what are they like ? It seems nobody has produced a study dictionary for Russian, though I've seen a good Oxford Russian study dictionary for students of English. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Medulin Tetraglot Senior Member Croatia Joined 4467 days ago 1199 posts - 2192 votes Speaks: Croatian*, English, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Norwegian, Hindi, Nepali | Message 2 of 2 30 March 2012 at 7:39pm | IP Logged |
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I don't like Collins Dictionaries because they're Eurocentric.
The only nonEurocentric dictionary is the Portuguese one: Collins Portuguese is a Brazilian Portuguese - British English Dictionary. The Collins Spanish Dictionary is a Peninsular Spanish - British English dictionary. The Oxford Spanish Dictionary is more balanced: US/UK English - Peninsular/Mexican/Argentinian/Caribbean Spanish. For Italian, I found DIB (DeMauro Dizionario di base) by Paravia more than great. It features the most common 15 000 Italian words (as if it were a frequency dictionary of Italian). Edited by Medulin on 30 March 2012 at 7:40pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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