Pragmatyczne wyznaczniki rozmowy

The paper deals with the description of so called conversational operators in the contemporary Polish literary language. The research is based on the markers included in the Polish Language Phraseological Dictionary [Słownik frazeologiczny języka polskiego] edited by S. Skorupka. The following types of the operators have been distinguished – orders, insults, prayer phrases, contact phrases, swearwords, polite phrases, wishes and greetings, questions, positive descriptions of people and situations, spells, confirmations of truthfulness