The parasites of language

Aubrey Tang
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This article examines how “parasitical” political language can help explore a new understanding of oppositional opinions in a global context of political polarization. By parasitical political language, I refer to what speech act theorist J.L. Austin calls “infelicitous speech acts”, language that is used unsuccessfully. Jacques Derrida argues that these “incorrect” utterances can escape from an already determined context and extend to a more liberated kind of communication. To explore the potentially “positive” effect of parasitical language, this article examines the utterances of Hong Kong protesters prior to the 2020 US elections as infelicitous speech acts. Their radical political approach, surprisingly, spawned an anti-globalist activist subculture shared by protesters in other parts of the world.
语言的寄生虫
本文探讨了“寄生性”政治语言如何在政治两极分化的全球背景下帮助探索对对立意见的新理解。所谓寄生的政治语言,我指的是言语行为理论家j·l·奥斯汀所说的“不恰当的言语行为”,即使用不成功的语言。雅克·德里达认为,这些“不正确”的话语可以从已经确定的语境中逃脱,延伸到一种更自由的交流方式。为了探讨寄生语言的潜在“积极”影响,本文将香港抗议者在2020年美国大选前的言论作为不正当的言论行为进行了研究。令人惊讶的是,他们激进的政治手段催生了一种反全球化的激进分子亚文化,世界其他地区的抗议者也有这种文化。
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