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Survey of Chinese Historical Syntax Part I: Pre-Archaic and Archaic Chinese

  1. Edith Aldridge†

Article first published online: 24 JAN 2013

DOI: 10.1111/lnc3.12006

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Volume 7, Issue 1, pages 39–57, January 2013

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Aldridge, E. (2013), Survey of Chinese Historical Syntax Part I: Pre-Archaic and Archaic Chinese. Language and Linguistics Compass, 7: 39–57. doi: 10.1111/lnc3.12006

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