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
When you have spoken the word, it reigns over you. When it
is unspoken you reign over it.