'Grammaire' et Politique de Concurrence (Is There Anything in Common between Grammar and Competition Policy?)
19 Pages Posted: 18 Jun 2011 Last revised: 21 Aug 2012
Date Written: April 11, 2011
Abstract
In various publications, Noam Chomsky, a celebrated linguist, has demonstrated that languages can be analysed as structures where words, sentences and messages are generated by locutors applying specific generating rules.
It would appear that the same can be stated as regards arguments generated in discussion on antitrust and competition policies around the globe.
In this paper, I shed some light on the type of arguments that we can accept from locutors, for instances antitrust or competition authorities, in communications regarding the policies they seek to implement in that context.
Note: Downloadable document is in French.
Keywords: Competition, grammar, politics, arguments, categories, concepts
JEL Classification: K21, L4, L40
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