Tuttle Concise Vietnamese Dictionary: Vietnamese-English English-Vietnamese

Giuong, Phan Van

ISBN 10: 0804843996 / ISBN 13: 9780804843997

Published by Tuttle Publishing (edition Bilingual), 2014

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Tuttle Concise Vietnamese Dictionary: Vietnamese-English English-Vietnamese
• Publisher: Tuttle Publishing (edition Bilingual)
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0804843996
• ISBN 13: 9780804843997
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: Bilingual.
• Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

Divided into two parts Vietnamese-English and English-Vietnamese this concise dictionary has a total of 25,000 entries. The entries given within each section include all everyday words and expressions used in educational, cultural and tourism contexts in Vietnam today. The entries give core information about: Parts of speech of the headwords Useful meanings, common collocations, idiomatic expressions and sample sentences Vietnamese loanwords, many from French, list the original source word as well as alternate Vietnamese words with the same meaning English entries provide additional information such as alternate British or American spellings, singular and plural forms, and irregular verb forms

About the Author

Phan Van Giuong is professor in Vietnamese studies and served as the Convenor of the Vietnamese Language and Culture program at Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia for over 18 years. He has taught Vietnamese and English since 1965. He was the founder Dean of the Faculty of Languages and Culture Studies at Hoa Sen University. Professor Phan is the author of many textbooks: Vietnamese for beginners (1-4), Functional Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese (1 - 4), Vietnamese for Foreign Travellers, Vietnamese interactive books and a series of Pocket, Concise and Compact Vietnamese-English dictionaries. He was the editor of several Vietnamese literature magazines and newspapers and awarded the Order of Australia Medal and the international Educator of the Year award for his outstanding contributions to the teaching of Vietnamese language and culture. Professor Phan is now working for the international baccalaureate, United Kingdom.