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Cantonese: A Comprehensive Grammar

Title: Cantonese: A Comprehensive Grammar

Author: Stephen Matthews, Virginia Yip
Format: Paperback
List Price: $60.00
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Cantonese: A Comprehensive Grammar


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  • Paperback: 429 pages
  • Publisher: Routledge (December 1, 1994)
  • ISBN: 041508945X
  • Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.3 x 1.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds.
  • Average Customer Review: based on 4 reviews.

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A comphrensive guide of Cantonese, April 10, 2002
Reviewer: A reader
This is a comphrensive guide of Cantonese and well-organized. Authors tried to use the method of analyzing English in writing this book. So I do think that it is good for those who have basic knowledge about English grammar.

The book is also user-friendly. There are many examples which are very up-today. Moreover, the grammar in focus is on bold in the examples that help reader understanding the grammatical point easily.

I should say the book will be better if Chinese characters are provided


2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

shame about characters, June 6, 2000

Reviewer: F. Wong (Hong Kong)

This is a good way of learning Chinese, using patterns, and it uses the Yale romanization. It does not contain any characters though.


9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

More than you will ever want to know . . ., May 10, 2000

Reviewer: puiwaihin@angelfire.com (Provo, UT)

This grammar is well written and comprehensive. It is heavy on linguistic terminology, but the language is altogether descriptive. While primarily beneficial to advanced learners, intermediate Cantonese students could find this helpful as well. Matthews also succeeds in lightening up a deep subject with interesting and fun examples. He also helps readers connect with the meanings of the words and phrases by giving both direct translations and the equivalent meaning side-by-side in these examples. The book is the modern definitive work on the Cantonese language. It teaches a complex subject and is complex itself. I recommend the book for anyone interested in understanding the mechanics of Cantonese, or for anyone wanting to find comparisons with Mandarin.


4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

Excellent book for advanced students, February 24, 2000

Reviewer: Andrew Ashton "edbunny" (Saskatchewan, Canada)

Cantonese is traditionally a spoken language, but these days a language must have a standard written grammatical structure in order to survive. This book provides the first intensive study of written Cantonese, often providing a reference to a related Colloquial structure. Great for advanced students or those studying grammatical structure of languages.

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