Oldal 78 [78]
CHAPTER 4 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
the monolingual candidate complying with Solidarity. As based on the OT
framework, no successful candidate can violate a higher ranked constraint,
Faith must outrank Solidarity.
Tableau 8: Interaction of FAITH and SOLIDARITY (FAITH 22 SOLIDARITY)
Candidates FAITH | PERSPECTIVE | SOLIDARITY | FACE | POWER
“
— (a) "... amióta
előjött ez az ... izé, a
homeland security
probléma ..."
(b) "... amióta előjött
ez az ... izé, ahonföld | *! *
biztonság probléma..."
The next example [21] provides empirical evidence of Perspective outranking
Solidarity.
Example [21] — The interaction of PERSPECTIVE and SOLIDARITY
1 A“... És el kezdtek magyarázni, hogy we’ll explain you the
situation.”
(...and they began to explain that, “we'll explain you the situation”)
(cited by Bhatt and Bolonyai)""
In this extract, the speaker switches to English to give voice to the other person
in the recalled episode to reflect the dialogicity of the situation as well as
parodying the American bank clerk. The switch, therefore, enables the speaker
to shift perspectives, to leave the role of the narrator to taking on the role of
the quoted American bank clerk. The switch to English complies with the
constraint of Perspective but violates the constraint of Solidarity as English
is the language of power, the language of the American, host society. The
monolingual candidate, on the other hand, would not so efficiently enable the
speaker to take different roles, or perspectives as well as expressing the speaker’s
parodic stance on the situation. However, it would comply with Solidarity. As
the actual surface representation is the switch to English, following OT logic,
Perspective must outrank Solidarity.
190 Bhatt — Bolonyai, Ibid., 541
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