ABSTRACT

When Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced in February 2019 that he would seek a fifth term, the people took to the streets in protest. This sparked the Hirak, an ongoing popular movement that ultimately resulted in the withdrawal of Bouteflika’s candidacy. In March 2019, during the early stages of the protest and before Bouteflika’s withdrawal, a video of a young man reacting candidly to the situation in the country went viral on social media. A phrase he used to express his frustration with the political elite, ytnahaw ga’ (meaning remove them altogether), became a salient slogan in subsequent protests. The language dynamics in the video show the continued relevance of unresolved language issues in the country, and suggest that part of the movement’s aspirations are not only political, but cultural as well.

摘要

当阿尔及利亚总统阿卜杜拉齐兹·布特弗利卡于 2019 年 2 月宣布他将寻求第五个任期时，人们走上街头抗议。这引发了 Hirak，这是一场持续的民众运动，最终导致 Bouteflika 的候选人资格退出。2019 年 3 月，在抗议的早期阶段和布特弗利卡退出之前，一个年轻人坦率地对该国局势作出反应的视频在社交媒体上疯传。他用来表达他对政治精英ytnahaw ga' 的失望的一句话（意思是完全删除它们），成为随后抗议活动中的一个突出口号。视频中的语言动态显示了该国未解决的语言问题的持续相关性，并表明该运动的部分愿望不仅是政治上的，而且也是文化上的。