Stephen Matthews, Virginia Yip

Cantonese

A Comprehensive Grammar

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A reference guide to Cantonese as spoken by native speakers in Hong Kong. It presents a fresh description of the language, focusing on the real patterns of use in Cantonese. It is suitable for learners and users of Cantonese, irrespective of level, in schools, colleges, universities and adult classes of different types.

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Cantonese: A Comprehensive Grammar is a complete reference guide to Cantonese as spoken by native speakers in Hong Kong.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 534
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 921g
• ISBN-13: 9780415471305
• ISBN-10: 0415471303
• Artikelnr.: 28955621

Autorenporträt

Stephen Matthews

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Phonology 2. Word Structure 3. Syntactic Categories 4.
Sentence Structure 5. Pronouns 6. The Noun Phrase 7. Prepositions and
expressions of location 8. The Verb Phrase 9. Adjectival Constructions 10.
Adverbial Constructions 11. Aspect and Verbal Particles 12. Modality 13.
Negation 14. Quantification 15. Relative and noun-modifying clauses 16.
Coordination and Subordinate Clauses 17. Questions 18. Sentence Particles
and Interjections 19. Imperative Sentences 20. Cantonese Speech Conventions
21. Numberals and Times Appendiz: Romanization. System. Notes. Glossary of
Grammatical Terms. References. Index