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 always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.