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

Chapter 01 Introduction; Chapter 02 Phonology: the Cantonese sound system; Chapter 03 Word structure: morphology and word formation; Chapter 04 Syntactic categories: parts of speech in Cantonese; Chapter 05 Sentence structure: word order and topicalization; Chapter 06 Pronouns; Chapter 07 The noun phrase; Chapter 08 Prepositions and expressions of location; Chapter 09 The verb phrase; Chapter 10 Adjectival constructions: description and comparison; Chapter 11 Adverbial constructions; Chapter 12 Aspect and verbal particles; Chapter 13 Modality: possibility and probability; Chapter 14 Negation; Chapter 15 Quantification and existential sentences; Chapter 16 Relative and noun-modifying clauses; Chapter 17 Coordination and subordinate clauses; Chapter 18 Questions; Chapter 19 Sentence particles and interjections; Chapter 20 Imperative sentences: commands and requests; Chapter 21 Cantonese speech conventions: politeness and terms of address; Chapter 22 Numerals and times;