STYLISTIC DEVICES AS CULTURAL MODELS IN LANGUAGE AND COGNITION
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17605/Abstract
This article explores how stylistic devices function as key instruments for decoding cultural codes in literary discourse. Drawing on linguocultural and cognitive frameworks, it argues that stylistic devices are not only expressive techniques but culturally shaped cognitive models that convey shared knowledge and values. The analysis demonstrates that metaphors, allusions, antonomasia, euphemisms, and litotes activate background cultural information, reveal national worldviews, and structure readers’ interpretation of implicit meanings. Particular attention is given to stylistic markers of politeness and to intertextual references that trigger cultural, historical, and religious knowledge. Examples from English literary texts illustrate how stylistic mechanisms project image-schemas, frame cultural models, and facilitate the comprehension of culturally specific concepts.
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