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
Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one
another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute
truth.