Omocomplex <i>“оно”</i> and its anticipation in Russian discourse (as exemplified in literary texts)
Pronouns have double reference. Pronouns can relate to people directly, as well as through their names. In the latter case the gender of the pronoun is defined by the gender of the noun to which the pronoun is related. The use of the pronoun “оно” is typical after a noun. However, there are examples in the Russian discourse when the pronoun “оно” precedes the noun. Such a technique in fiction is called “syntactic anticipation”. It is a stylistic figure, which is a deviation from the linear arrangement of the sequence of elements of the sentence, when the pronoun precedes the the object of the anticipated element. The figure is widely-used in publicistic discourse when anticipation comes near the strange, irrational and abnormal description of reality. The specific feature of omokomplex “оно” as the part of syntactic anticipation in comparison with the use of such pronominatives as “he” or “she” is that the former is usually introduced as a part of a nominative chain, that is a row of anticipated elements, whereas the latter while performing an intriguing and foregrounding function are presented alone, without any anticipated elements.