Analysing accounting discourse: Avoiding the "fallacy of internalism"

Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 912-934

  Ferguson, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accounting; Discourse; Hermeneutics; Text

Indexed keywords

EID: 35748944094     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513570710830290     Document Type: Article

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