Associations to the word «Performative»
Noun
- Utterance
- Felicity
- Austin
- Verb
- Clause
- Speech
- Sentence
- Butler
- Gender
- Promise
- Aspect
- Statement
- Act
- Theory
- Distinction
- Contrast
- Performance
- Truth
- Action
- Semantic
- Contradiction
- Philosophy
- Or
- Language
- Condition
- Modality
- Culture
- Art
- Ritual
- Syntax
- Example
- Authorization
- Linguistics
- View
- Hypothesis
- Work
- Blessing
- Context
- Injunction
- Grammar
- Installation
- Paradox
- Theorist
- Dimension
- Assertion
- Rhetoric
- Proposition
- Myth
- Narrative
- Documentary
- Overview
- Identity
- Essay
- Tomorrow
- Rite
- Argument
- Participant
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
PERFORMATIVE, adjective. Being enacted as it is said.
PERFORMATIVE, noun. A performative utterance.
PERFORMATIVE UTTERANCE, noun. (philosophy) (linguistics) A sentence or other linguistic expression which, when expressed in an appropriate context, actually does or accomplishes something.
Wise words
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -
in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us
to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.