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CHAPTER 7 FINDINGS
argument in English, which fulfils the function of Solidarity as English is the
‘we-code’ with his daughter. Therefore, expressing solidarity with his daughter
is a stronger socio-pragmatic need for the father than expressing his authority.
It can be seen in Tableau 11 that there are two candidates competing
for surface realization: the monolingual English candidate and the switch
to Hungarian. The monolingual candidate optimally fulfils the function
of Solidarity, while the switch to Hungarian fulfils that of Power and Face.
According to the Optimality Theory for analyzing bilingual grammar, the
actual surface representation is the most successful candidate, the one that
the most optimally fulfills the sociopragmatic function instantiated by the
situation. Relying on this logical premise, the monolingual English candidate
is the actual surface representation, so the function that it actually fulfills is a
higher ranked constraint than the one that its competing Hungarian candidate
fulfills (Face, Power). As the monolingual candidate fulfils the function of
Solidarity, while the switch to Hungarian fulfills the function of Power, in
this particular interaction, Solidarity outranks Power and Face. Solidarity is
a higher ranked constraint, while Face and Power are not in conflict, so they
are equally ranked. Perspective and Faith are not activated in this situation.
Tableau 11: The interaction of SOLIDARITY, POWER, and FACE
(SOLIDARITY >> FACE, POWER)
Candidates PERSPECTIVE FAITH | SOLIDARITY | FACE | POWER
a. — Mono Eng:
“Everybody who is
interested. Well, you ® 4
never showed a whole
lot of interest."
b. Eng to Hun: Min¬
denki, aki érdeklődik.
Hát, tesosem mutattál
túl nagy érdeklődést."
*!(his daugh¬
ter’s default
language)
Example [56] — The interaction of FAITH and SOLIDARITY
1 GIF835 “.. Van egy, 666, Theonak van most egy Wj munkatársa, aki
2 tíz évvel ezelőtt feltalált egy kis ketyerét, így fogom
3 nevezni, mert nem tudom igazából, page keeper, ő page
4 keepernek nevezi"
(... Now, Theo has a new colleague, who ten years ago invented a gadget, I
will call it like this because I do not really know its name, page keeper, he
calls it a page keeper.’)
(source: data collected by Kovacs in 2008-2009)
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