Research Interests

Second language acquisition, bilingual acquisition of Cantonese and English, comparative grammar.

Recent Publications

• Matthews, S. & V. Yip. 1994. Cantonese: a Comprehensive Grammar. London: Routledge.
• Yip, V. 1994. "Consciousness-raising and Learnability" In T. Odlin (ed.) "Perspectives on Pedagogical Grammar." Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Yip, V. 1995. Interlanguage and Learnability: from Chinese to English. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

Participation in RGC-funded Projects

• "Studies in the comparative grammar of Cantonese and English" 1992-1996
• "Development of Grammatical Competence in the Formal ESL Learning Environment" 1993-1996
• "The development of bilingual competence in Hong Kong Children" 1994-1997
• "The Min Dialect of Chaozhou: Comparative Chinese Dialectal Grammar" 1996-1999

Other Interests

Children, music, gastronomy and travel.