The impact of marketization on higher education genres - The international student prospectus as a case in point

Discourse Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 723-742

  Askehave, Inger ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Discourse analysis; Genre; International student prospectuses; Marketization of higher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 36849031247     PISSN: 14614456     EISSN: 14617080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461445607082576     Document Type: Article

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