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In the field of learning Chinese as a second/foreign language (L2 Chinese), the English term ‘pedagogical grammar’ has been used variously, while its counterpart in Chinese, jiāoxué yǔfǎ 教學語法 , has a more consistent and standard reference, especially in mainland China. This is due to the fact that ‘grammar’ in general linguistics covers a wider range of meanings and definitions than the term yǔfǎ 語法 'grammar' in Chinese linguistics. The latter refers strictly to syntactic structures, though its competing alternative term jùfǎ 句法 'grammar' has been gaining ground in certain q…