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CHAPTER 4 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
language, the language of power and authority, Hindi is the unofficial language,
and Kashmiri is the language of intimacy of the Kashmiri minority. Mitigating
a face-threatening act is the most optimally achieved by gaining authority and/
or control in the situation. As English is the power of authority, the switch
to English (line 1) complies with Face as well as with Power, rendering it a
more optimal candidate than the monolingual Hindi or the code-switch to
Kashmiri. The switch to English violates Solidarity, but as has been pointed
out previously, Solidarity ranks below Power, so it does not conflict with the
English code-switched candidate. In sum, the optimal candidate, the switch to
English, the actual surface realization complies with Face and Power, violating
Solidarity. The second most successful candidate, the switch to Kashmiri, also
complies with Face, but it violates Power. If the output complies with Face
and Power, while the second most successful candidate complies with Face
but violates Power, then adopting an algorithmic way of thinking, Face must
outrank Power.
Tableau 5: Interaction of FACE, POWER and SOLIDARITY
(FACE >> POWER >> SOLIDARITY)
Candidates FAITH | PERSPECTIVE | FACE | POWER | SOLIDARITY
— (a) "mujhe paise kii
kabhii zarurat
paRhegii, I will ask B” *
‘When I need money,
I will ask B.’
(b) mujhe paise kii
kabhii zarurat paRhegii, #1
ba pratsh B-as
(c) mujhe paise kii
kabhii zarurat
paRhegii, main B-se
maang luuNgaa
#1
Relying on the empirical data provided above, the ranking of constraints vis¬
à-vis one another can be computed as follows:
POWER >> SOLIDARITY [Example 14]
FAITH >> POWER [Example 15]
PERSPECTIVE >> POWER [Example 16]
FACE >> POWER [Example 17]
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