Intermediate Cantonese: A Grammar and Workbook

by Virginia Yip

This work 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. It is suitable for independent learners and students on taught courses and includes many authentic examples from contemporary media, including films, advertising, songs and soap operas. It gives a clear distinction between colloquial and more formal speech registers and teaches contemporary Cantonese as spoken in Hong Kong.

200 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 14, 2000

About the author

Virginia Yip is Professor at the Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.