SYNTAX AND DISCOURSE IN CHINESE : THE MYTH OF WESTERNIZATION. Arguments in favor of the thesis of a Westernization of Chinese grammar are far from being convincing. However, such an influence could have been important in some registers of language for the implementation (spreading) of the so-called Western structures. The paper will also discuss some universals regarding grammatical changes due to borrowing in order to explain why Westernization of Chinese has necessarily been limited.SYNTAXE ET DISCOURS DANS LA LANGUE CHINOISE : LE MYTHE DE L'OCCIDENTALISATION. La thèse d'une forte occidentalisation de la grammaire chinoise au 20e siècle n'est pas très convaincante. L'influence des grammaires occidentales a peut-être été déterminante dans ...