TOLERANCE/INTOLERANCE: PRAGMATIC APPROACH

In the paper an attempt is made to show the relationship between tolerance/intolerance and the speech acts used in political communication. Tolerance in political discourse is one of the conditions for the successful communication. A tolerant politician is understood as a person who realizes, accepts and shares responsibility for the process and the result of a communicative situation. Breach of tolerance can completely destroy the reputa- tion of a politician