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CHAPTER 7 FINDINGS
to English, she moves away from the language of Solidarity, violating the
constraint of Solidarity. Apparently, the need for the switch to English as a
contextualization cue seems to be stronger than complying with the constraint
of Solidarity. Therefore, it shows that Perspective is a higher ranked constraint
than Solidarity. Faith, Face and Power are not relevant in this utterance. The
interaction of the constraints in this utterance is illustrated in Tableau 10.
As can be seen from Tableau 10, there is an interaction between two
linguistic inputs, two candidates. The monolingual candidate fulfils the
function of Solidarity, while the code-switched candidate fulfils the function
of Perspective. As only one surface representation is possible, the more
optimal candidate will be the actual linguistic output. The tableau shows that
the monolingual candidate fulfils the function of Solidarity as the unmarked
language of the interview is Hungarian but violates the function of Perspective
as it does not fulfill the function of contextualizing the story. The code-switched
candidate, however, fulfils the function of Perspective, contextualizing the
purpose of the speaker’s coming to the USA, but it violates the constraint of
Solidarity, as it moves away from the unmarked language of the interview. As
the actual output is the code-switched one, it can be inferred that Perspective
is a higher ranked constraint than Solidarity. According to the Optimality
Theory for the analysis of bilingual grammar, the violation of a higher ranked
constraint is lethal, indicated by an asterisk, so Solidarity is marked with an
asterisk in the tableau.
Tableau 10: The interaction of PERSPECTIVE and SOLIDARITY
(PERSPECTIVE >> SOLIDARITY)
Candidates PERSPECTIVE | FAITH | SOLIDARITY | FACE POWER
a. — Hun to Eng: “Jaj,
jottem visitbe, egy *(unmarked
családhoz, és amíg itt language)
voltam, kaptam egy"
b. Mono Hun: Jaj,
jöttem látogatóba egy
családhoz, és amíg itt
voltam, kaptam egy"
(‘Yeah, I came to visit a
family, and while I was
here, I got one...’)
*! (contextual¬
ization cue)
Example [55] — The interaction of SOLIDARITY and POWER, and FACE
1 G2M27,50"Szeretem a történelmet. Gyűjtöm a fiamnak az
információt. Ő szereti a törénelmet."
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