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英国传教士马士曼于1814年撰写的《中国言法》是西方汉语语法学史上一部重要的文言语法专著。相对于此前马若瑟的《汉语札记》和此后马建忠的《马氏文通》等同类著作而言，该著借鉴了历史比较语言学的研究方法和英语教学语法体系的框架，初步构建了汉语文言语法体系。该著兼有汉语作为第二语言教材的部分特点，涉及量词、语序等教学重点，对口语与书面语、汉字教学与语言教学等的关系也有所探讨。该著尚存不足和缺憾，如借用印欧语言的形态概念、重词法轻句法等。该著不仅具有汉语语法学史等史学价值，对当前对外汉语教材的编写亦可提供参考。
영국전교사마사만우1814년찬사적《중국언법》시서방한어어법학사상일부중요적문언어법전저。상대우차전마약슬적《한어찰기》화차후마건충적《마씨문통》등동류저작이언，해저차감료역사비교어언학적연구방법화영어교학어법체계적광가，초보구건료한어문언어법체계。해저겸유한어작위제이어언교재적부분특점，섭급량사、어서등교학중점，대구어여서면어、한자교학여어언교학등적관계야유소탐토。해저상존불족화결감，여차용인구어언적형태개념、중사법경구법등。해저불부구유한어어법학사등사학개치，대당전대외한어교재적편사역가제공삼고。
Joshua Marshman＇ s Elements of Chinese Grammar is an important monograph in the history of studies on classical Chinese grammar in the West. Compared with the two other books of the kind, namely H. Premare＇ s Notitia Linguae Sinicae and Ma Jianzhong＇ s Ma Shi Wen Tong, this book tentatively created the system of the classical Chinese grammar, by referring to the methodology of historical comparative linguistics and the framework of pedagogical English grammar. It also had some features of TCFL （ teaching Chinese as a foreign language） textbook which involves focal points such as measure words, word order and the relationship between spoken and written Chinese, etc. Though there were some deficiencies in it, such as copying the morphology concept of Indo-European languages, attaching more importance to morphology than syntax, it not only has historical value of Chinese grammatical studies, but also may provide a reference to writing TCFL textbooks today.