French grammars in England 1660‑1820 - Changes in content and contexts paving the way to the “practical” grammar-translation manual

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Issue		Histoire Epistémologie Langage Volume 41, Number 2, 2019 Prescriptions en langue


Page(s)		137 - 156
Section		Varia
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/hel/2019012
Published online		28 January 2020

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