Persuasive presuppositions in OECD and EU higher education policy documents
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5965780 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Taina Saarinen (0000-0002-5117-2756, University of Jyväskylä, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 341-359 |
| Publication date | 2008-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Discourse Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1461-4456 • E-ISSN: 1461-7080 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1461445608089915 |
| OpenAlex | W1989965649 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 19 |
| References cited | 34 |
The article analyses presuppositions in higher education policy documents of the OECD and the European Union from the point of view of their persuasiveness. Presuppositions set the assumed common ground, which in turn sets the frame of interpretation of texts. However, by presenting something as common ground, presuppositions also shape our views of the reality. Used in this way, presuppositions can be used to present contested views, which would be open to criticism if they were asserted explicitly. The analysis does not evaluate the actual success of persuasion, but rather how policy documents are construed in a persuasive way
Common ground · Criticism · Economics · Epistemology · European union · Linguistics · Persuasion · Political science · Presupposition · Sociology · Communication · Computer Science · European Union Policy and Governance · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Higher Education Governance and Development · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy
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| Unique citing works | 19 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,06 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2026 (19) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 19 |