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 to me were magic. You could say a word and it could
conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly
sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had
this power.