The Discourse of Commercialization: A Multi-Perspectived Analysis

by Jonathan Crichton

An examination of how the commercialization of professional practice is implicated in its organizational discourses. Drawing on a study of ELT colleges, the book explores how teaching practices are permeated and challenged by a 'discourse of commercialization' through which market priorities become normative in teachers' professional lives.

232 pages, Paperback

First published January 15, 2011

About the author

I'm an academic with an interest in how language shapes people's lives in often profound but usually unnoticed ways. My background is in philosophy and linguistics. I lecture in applied linguistics and my research aims to enhance understanding of how language matters to professions and organisations.

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