YES or NO in Spoken Language (Or on Negation and Affirmation in Spoken Language and the Function of the Particles YES and NO)

The purpose of the article is to present some specifics of affirmation and negation found in the spoken language. Special attention was paid both to the competition between yes and no, and to the competition between these particles and other parts of speech – interjections, particles and pronominal adverbs. Emphasis was also placed on the pragmatic function of these particles, without at the same time neglecting their modal meaning. Conclusions were drawn as to which of the two particles has greater functionalsemantic diversity in conversational discourse.