Italian Word Puzzles

by Marcel Danesi

Books in the innovative Foreign Language Word Puzzles series help students of foreign languages learn vocabulary and word meanings by working out a succession of fun-to-do word puzzles. Featured in each book are crosswords, word crosses, scrambled-letter puzzles, and cryptograms. All questions and clues are printed in English, but all answers in this puzzle book must be in Italian. Puzzles are arranged in order of difficulty, beginning with Easy crosswords, word crosses, scrambled letters, and cryptograms, then progressing in the same order of puzzle types to Moderate Level, Tough Puzzles, and finally to Challenging Puzzles. Answers to all puzzles are presented at the back of each book. Type is set in two colors.

132 pages, Paperback

First published January 13, 2006

About the author

Marcel Danesi (b. Marcello Danesi, 1946) is a current Professor of Semiotics and Linguistic Anthropology at the University of Toronto. He is known for his work in language, communications, and semiotics; being Director of the Program in Semiotics and Communication Theory.

He has also held positions at Rutgers University (1972), The University of Rome "La Sapienza" (1988), the Catholic University of Milan (1990), and the University of Lugano.

He is the Editor-in-Chief of Semiotica: Journal of the International Association for Semiotic Studies and is a past-president of the Semiotic Society of America.