The article deals with the speech act “oath” from the point of axiology. It covers the cognitive and communicative parameters of this speech act that allow regarding it as a source of axiological information. The authors carry out the comparative analysis of the forms of presentation of the speech act “oath” in the Russian and Czech linguistic cultures. It identifies the values, which are referred to by native speakers.

The article deals with the mental focus, motive, purpose, strategies and tactics of the vindictive discourse. The interrelated processes of ritualization and indirect presentation of the above mentioned symbolic activities are described. These processes reveal some universal psycho-social regularities of formation of the discursive consciousness and situationallyconditioned symbolic behavior.

Explicit performative utterances, which present the speech act “oath”, are described. Depending on forms of presentation of vindictive component, types of the above mentioned explicit performative utterances are distinguished.

Tactic of threat as a structural component of vindictive discourse is described. Indirect forms of the above mentioned tactic presentation, which make it possible for a speaker to realize an intimidation strategy formally keeping ethical (and in certain cases - legal) norms of communication, get enlightment.

There is described the mental epicentre, motive, aim, strategies and tactics of the vindictive discourse. There are covered the tactics of evil wish as a structural component of the above mentioned type of speech activity. There are analyzed the direct forms of presentation of these tactics in the face-to-face conflict communicative situation.