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Basic Cantonese Virginia Yip (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China)

Basic Cantonese By Virginia Yip (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China)

Basic Cantonese by Virginia Yip (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China)

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Basic Cantonese introduces the essentials of Cantonese grammar in a straightforward and systematic way.

Basic Cantonese Summary

Basic Cantonese: A Grammar and Workbook by Virginia Yip (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China)

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.

About Virginia Yip (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China)

Virginia Yip is Professor at the Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Stephen Matthews is Professor at the Department of Linguistics at the University of Hong Kong. They are the authors of Cantonese: A Comprehensive Grammar (1994, 2nd edition 2011), The Bilingual Child: Early Development and Language Contact (2007, Cambridge University Press), and co-directors of the Childhood Bilingualism Research Centre.

Table of Contents

Introduction

1 Consonants

2 Vowels and diphthongs

3 Tone

4 Pronouns

5 Possession: ge

6 Possession and existence: yauh

7 Being: haih

8 Noun classifiers

9 Adjectives

10 Adverbs of manner

11 Adverbs of time, frequency and duration

12 Comparison: gwo and di

13 Prepositions: space and time

14 Negation

15 Verbs of motion: heui and laih

16 Verbs of giving: bei

17 Verbs and particles

18 Actions and events: jo and gwo

19 Activities: gan and jyuh

20 Auxiliary verbs

21 Passives

22 Word order and topicalization

23 Yes/no questions

24 Wh-questions

25 Sentence particles

26 Imperatives

27 Requests and thanks

28 Numbers, dates and times

Key to exercises

Glossary of grammatical terms

Additional information

NPB9780415815581
9780415815581
0415815584
Basic Cantonese: A Grammar and Workbook by Virginia Yip (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China)
Virginia Yip (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China)
Routledge Grammar Workbooks
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Hardback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2017-02-07
176
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