Main description:

1. The new framework of Grammatical Analysis of Cantonese Samples includes a clear definition of terms and examples

2. The book summaries for the first time the age of emergence and age of productive use of Cantonese forms and structures from the grammatical analysis

3. The book provides a conversational sample of a child with DLD and discusses in detail the linguistic profile of this child from the analysis

4. The book illustrates the decision making process in the setting of intervention targets

5. The book will be of interest to students in speech-language therapy or speech-language pathology and in Linguistics, as well as to practicing speech-language therapists or speech-language pathologists. Researchers, especially those interested in cross- linguistic studies of language development and disorders, will also find this book a useful reference.

Contents:

Contents

Preface

1 A Grammatical Overview of Cantonese

2 Grammatical Analysis of Cantonese Samples (GACS) with Candice Chi-Hang Cheung, Jessica Man-Wai Lo and Emily Ka-Hei Wan

3 The Development of Grammar in Cantonese-speaking Preschool Children

4 Grammatical Problems in Cantonese-speaking Children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD)

References

Abbreviations

Appendix A

Appendix B