performative utterance
performative utterance · performative utterances
performative Sprechhandlung
A sentence or other linguistic expression which, when expressed in an appropriate…A sentence or other linguistic expression which, when expressed in an appropriate context, actually does or accomplishes something.
Meaning
1 sensesA sentence or other linguistic expression which, when expressed in an appropriate context, actually does or accomplishes something.
performative Sprechhandlung
Translations
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By meaning 1
An expression which, when expressed in an appropriate context, actually does or accomplishes something:
Origin
Coined by British philosopher J. L. Austin (1911–1960).Coined by British philosopher J. L. Austin (1911–1960).
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Forms
plural: performative utterances| Singular | performative utterance |
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