This grammar of Cantonese Chinese contains an introduction and 19 chapters: 1. Phonology: the Cantonese sound system; 2. Word structure: morphology and word formation; 3. Syntactic categories: parts of speech in Cantonese; 4. Sentence structure: word order and topicalization; 5. Pronouns; 6. The noun phrase; 7. Prepositions and expressions of location; 8. The verb phrase; 9. Adjectival constructions; description and comparison; 10. Adverbial constructions; 11. Aspect and verbal particles; 12. Modality; possibility and probability; 13; Negation; 14. Quantification; 15. Existential sentences; 16. Coordination and subordinate clauses; 17. Questions; 18. Sentence particles and interjections; and 19. Imperative sentences; commands and requests.

Cantonese: A Comprehensive Grammar

Mathews, Stephen

Routledge

1994

2007.066.570