FOREGROUNDING AS A COGNITIVE PRINCIPLE OF DISTRIBUTING INFORMATION IN E. HEMINGWAY’S PROSE

Abstract

The article is dedicated to the study of the main techniques of foregrounding in a literary text, which function as an organizational component of text in cognitive stylistics. Cognitive stylistics, being a new branch of linguistics, considers innovative approaches to the analysis of stylistic devices and the techniques of information distribution within the interpretation of a literary text. Various expressive means and stylistic techniques that present the techniques of foregrounding are considered. The function of different foregrounding types as a cognitive and stylistic phenomenon in a literary text is investigated. Such foregrounding techniques as coupling, convergence and such defeated expectancy function as an emotional, expressive element contribute to the coherence and cohesion of the text. The article presents the results of an identification of various techniques of foregrounding in the works of E. Hemingway and their ways of implementation at different language levels – phonetic, lexical and syntactic. The results of the research show that E. Hemingway’s “iceberg principle” limits their wide usage in his works, but, in turn, contributes to the decoding of implicit and subtext information.