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Metonyms and metaphor: the rhetorical redescription of public interest for the International Accounting Standards Board

David CarterFaculty of Business, Government and Law, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia;Department of Accounting and Actuarial Sciences, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, BrazilCorrespondence[email protected]
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Rebecca WarrenEssex Business School, University of Essex, Essex, United KingdomView further author information
Pages 280-305 | Published online: 12 Feb 2018

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