Coherence of interrogative utternces in “Waterland” by G. Swift (analysis of macrolevel)

The article is focused on the problem of relation of two linguistic categories, interrogativity and text cohesion, in a literary text. In particular, the role of interrogative utterance in forming a coherent text is under investigation. The topicality of the problem is motivated by the fact of insufficient research in this field, as well as by the principles of inter-categorical relations, employed in the study, and the fundamental character of the categories under consideration. The aim of the article is to study the problem of coherence of interrogative utterances at the macrolevel of a literary text. The novel “Waterland” by G. Swift was chosen to provide material for investigation. The database, including 932 interrogative utterances, was formed based on the text of the novel. The methods of component, contextual, syntactical, stylistic analysis were employed during the research. The author assumes that a variety of lexical and grammatical means provide coherence of interrogative utterances at both micro and macrolevel of a literary text. Among lexical means of coherence there were discovered such as a full and partial lexical repetition, repetition of synonyms and antonyms, repetition of interrogative pronouns and adverbs. Among grammatical means of coherence there were discovered a full and partial repetition of an interrogative utterance, anaphora, syntactical parallelism. In all, the discovered means of coherence serve not only to form a syntactical, but also a semantical unity of a literary text.