Means of creating polysemy in the works of Peter Stamm

The article presents the results of a study of linguistic features to create the effect of semantic ambiguity and meaningful multidimensionality in the text of the novel «Die sanfte Gleichgültigkeit der Welt» by the modern Swiss writer Peter Stamm. It is noted that narration becomes a way of creating a new reality, which makes it difficult to verify knowledge and understanding of the uniqueness of reality. Strain focuses on the multidimensionality and elusiveness of reality, explores complex interpersonal relationships through the prism of identity and existence, reflected in the linguistic picture of the world, reflecting the problems of self-awareness and recreated in the text of the novel. The motif of character duality is explored at the level of linguistic constructions. Linguistic mechanisms in the construction of images of doppelgangers emphasize the multilayeredness of their worlds and personal relationships in different phenomena of reality. This structure allows the Strain to explore the themes of reality and the illusion of the inner Self, as well as the boundaries between the personal and the social. The article analyzes the linguistic features of the novel's text at the level of lexical originality, two-digit naming, onomastics, and the selection of a lexical range with the dense use of lexemes associated with creative, cultural, and spiritual human activities. Metaphoricity, symbolism, parallelism, and various language games that emphasize the duality or ambiguity of words come into view. From the point of view of linguistic originality, the factors influencing the modality and formation of points of view, internal dialogue, narrative techniques expressed through the use of certain grammatical forms are analyzed. The article reveals how linguistic constructions in Strain's texts contribute to creating the effect of elusive reality, questioning the clarity of the boundaries between the real and the imaginary, and how linguistic features of construction highlight the importance of the imaginary in human life