The introduction of English grammar studies into China in the 19th century

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Issue		Histoire Epistémologie Langage Volume 41, Number 1, 2019 La linguistique chinoise : influences étrangères entre XIX^e et XX^e siècles


Page(s)		79 - 96
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/hel/2019007
Published online		10 June 2019

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