9781003439271

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K. K. Luke | Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore

Published online: 29 July 2025

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Taciana Fisac & Riccardo Moratto. Fundamental Structures of the Chinese Language: Topic-Comment and Other Key Structures. London: Routledge, 2024. 296 pp. ISBN 9781003439271 https://​doi​.org​/10​.4324​/9781003439271

Taciana Fisac & Riccardo Moratto. Fundamental Structures of the Chinese Language: Topic-Comment and Other Key Structures. London: Routledge, 2024. 296 pp. ISBN 9781003439271 https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003439271