Observations on the changing language of accounting

Accounting History

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 439-462

  Evans, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accounting; culture; history; jurisdiction; language change; profession; terminology

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149384649     PISSN: 10323732     EISSN: 17493374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1032373210373619     Document Type: Article

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