This article examines introductory expressions that convey emotional evaluations, categorizing them as distinct mechanisms for articulating emotiveness within discourse. The study identifies the characteristics of these introductory elements in spoken language and elucidates their roles across diverse communicative contexts. The analysis focuses on expressions such as "unfortunately," "God forbid," and "thank God," alongside other introductory terms from different semantic categories that contribute to the emotive quality of speech. The findings indicate that the primary function of these introductory expressions is to reflect the speaker's emotional state and their assessment of reality along a continuum of positive to negative evaluations. Furthermore, these elements, utilized in spontaneous spoken interactions, serve to influence the interlocutor, convey various communicative intentions, acquire additional meanings and modal nuances, and function as standalone words within sentences.
