Intermediate Cantonese

a Grammar and Workbook (2nd Ed)

Virginia Yip, Stephen Matthews

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Cantonese

Routledge
21 February 2017

Series: 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:

Many authentic examples from contemporary media, including films, advertising, songs and soap operas

Clear differentiation between colloquial and more formal speech registers

Up-to-date analysis of contemporary Cantonese as spoken in Hong Kong.

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.

By: Virginia Yip, Stephen Matthews
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd New edition
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780415815604
ISBN 10: 0415815606
Series: Routledge Grammar Workbooks
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 21 February 2017
Audience: General/trade , Adult education , ELT Advanced , Tertiary & Higher Education
Language: Cantonese
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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 Basic Cantonese: A Grammar and Workbook (2000), Cantonese: A Comprehensive Grammar (1994, 2nd edition 2011), The Bilingual Child: Early Development and Language Contact (Cambridge University Press, 2007), and co-directors of the Childhood Bilingualism Research Centre.