Cantonese: A Comprehensive Grammar

Matthews, Stephen

Routledge

The first Cantonese reference grammar to be written in English, this text presents a fresh and accessible description of the contemporary language, making it ideal for the intermediate/advanced user.

Cantonese: A Comprehensive Grammar (Routledge Comprehensive Grammars)

Children's Books

Yip, Virginia

Education & Reference

Intermediate Cantonese is designed for learners who have achieved basic proficiency and wish to progress to more complex language. Each of the 25 units combines clear, concise grammar explanations with communicatively-oriented exercises to help build confidence and fluency. * Suitable for independent learners and students on taught courses * Many authentic examples from contemporary media, including films, advertising, songs and soap operas * Clear distinction between colloquial and more formal speech registers * Teaches contemporary Cantonese as spoken in Hong Kong Intermediate Cantonese and its sister volume, Basic Cantonese, form a structured course of the essentials of Cantonese grammar.

Intermediate Cantonese: A Grammar and Workbook (Grammar Workbooks)

Reference

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Cantonese: A Comprehensive Grammar is a complete reference guide to Cantonese as spoken by native speakers in Hong Kong. It presents a fresh and accessible description of the language, concentrating on the real patterns of use in current Cantonese. This makes it the ideal reference source for all learners and users of Cantonese, irrespective of level, in schools, colleges, universities and adult classes of all types. Moreover, it will provide a lasting and reliable resource for all fluent speakers of the language.  The book is organized to promote a thorough understanding of Cantonese grammar. Arranged by both syntactic categories and language functions, the Grammar provides an in-depth treatment of structures and pays special attention to idiom and speech registers, including trendy language.  Explanations are full, clear and free of jargon. A glossary, extensive index and generous use of cross-references provide readers with easy access to the information they require.  Features include:   comprehensive pronunciation section  full use of examples from films, advertising and authentic conversations  Cantonese-English parallels highlighted throughout the book all examples given in Cantonese characters as well as Yale romanization a Companion Website with supplementary multimedia material. Stephen Matthews is Associate Professor in Linguistics at the University of Hong Kong and Virginia Yip is Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. They are Directors of the Childhood Bilingualism Research Centre and have previously co-authored: Basic Cantonese: A Grammar and Workbook (Routledge, 1999) and Intermediate Cantonese: A Grammar and Workbook (Routledge, 2000).

Cantonese: A Comprehensive Grammar: A Comprehensive Grammar (Routledge Comprehensive Grammars)

Cantonese: A Comprehensive Grammar is a complete reference guide to Cantonese as spoken by native speakers in Hong Kong. It presents a fresh and accessible description of the language, concentrating on the real patterns of use in current Cantonese. This makes it the ideal reference source for all learners and users of Cantonese, irrespective of level, in schools, colleges, universities and adult classes of all types. Moreover, it will provide a lasting and reliable resource for all fluent speakers of the language. The book is organized to promote a thorough understanding of Cantonese grammar. Arranged by both syntactic categories and language functions, the Grammar provides an in-depth treatment of structures and pays special attention to idiom and speech registers, including trendy language. Explanations are full, clear and free of jargon. A glossary, extensive index and generous use of cross-references provide readers with easy access to the information they require. Features include: <ul>
<li>comprehensive pronunciation section </li> <li>full use of examples from films, advertising and authentic conversations </li> <li>Cantonese-English parallels highlighted throughout the book</li> <li>all examples given in Cantonese characters as well as Yale romanization</li> <li>a Companion Website with supplementary multimedia material.</li>
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Stephen Matthews is Associate Professor in Linguistics at the University of Hong Kong and Virginia Yip is Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. They are Directors of the Childhood Bilingualism Research Centre and have previously co-authored: Basic Cantonese: A Grammar and Workbook (Routledge, 1999) and Intermediate Cantonese: A Grammar and Workbook (Routledge, 2000).

Basic Cantonese (Routledge Grammar Workbooks)

Basic Cantonese introduces the essentials of Cantonese grammar in a straightforward and systematic way.  Each of the 28 units deals with a grammatical topic and provides associated exercises, designed to put grammar into a communicative context. Special attention is paid to topics which differ from English and European language structures.  This new edition features:  • clear, accessible format • lively examples to illustrate each grammar point • informative keys to all exercises • glossary of grammatical terms Basic Cantonese is ideal for students new to the language. Together with its sister volume, Intermediate Cantonese, it forms a structured course of the essentials of Cantonese grammar.

Basic Cantonese: A Grammar and Workbook (Routledge Grammar Workbooks)

Intermediate Cantonese is designed for learners who have achieved basic proficiency and wish to progress to more complex language. Each of the 25 units combines clear, concise grammar explanations with communicatively oriented exercises to help build confidence and fluency. Features include: <ul>
<li>Many authentic examples from contemporary media, including films, advertising, songs and soap operas</li> <li>Clear differentiation between colloquial and more formal speech registers</li> <li>Up-to-date analysis of contemporary Cantonese as spoken in Hong Kong. </li> </ul>
Suitable for independent learners and students on taught courses, Intermediate Cantonese, together with its sister volume, Basic Cantonese, forms a structured course of the essentials of Cantonese grammar.

Intermediate Cantonese: A Grammar and Workbook (Routledge Grammar Workbooks)

The Bilingual Child: Early Development and Language Contact (Cambridge Approaches to Language Contact)

How does a child become bilingual? The answer to this intriguing question remains largely a mystery, not least because it has been far less extensively researched than the process of mastering a first language. Drawing on new studies of children exposed to two languages from birth (English and Cantonese), this book demonstrates how childhood bilingualism develops naturally in response to the two languages in the children's environment. While each bilingual child's profile is unique, the children studied are shown to develop quite differently from monolingual children. The authors demonstrate significant interactions between the children's developing grammars, as well as the important role played by language dominance in their bilingual development. Based on original research and using findings from the largest available multimedia bilingual corpus, the book will be welcomed by students and scholars working in child language acquisition, bilingualism and language contact.

Words, Language & Grammar

Cambridge University Press

Parenting & Relationships

Parenting

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Cantonese: A Comprehensive Grammar

Cantonese: A Comprehensive Grammar (Routledge Comprehensive Grammars)

Intermediate Cantonese: A Grammar and Workbook (Grammar Workbooks)

Intermediate Cantonese: A Grammar and Workbook (Grammar Workbooks)

Cantonese: A Comprehensive Grammar: A Comprehensive Grammar (Routledge Comprehensive Grammars)

Cantonese: A Comprehensive Grammar (Routledge Comprehensive Grammars)

Basic Cantonese: A Grammar and Workbook (Routledge Grammar Workbooks)

Intermediate Cantonese: A Grammar and Workbook (Routledge Grammar Workbooks)

The Bilingual Child: Early Development and Language Contact (Cambridge Approaches to Language Contact)

The Bilingual Child: Early Development and Language Contact (Cambridge Approaches to Language Contact)