Example sentences for: performative

How can you use “performative” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The wording thus has an extended or connotative aspect to it, becoming what Austin called a performative utterance.

  • To return to Austin's distinction between constative and performative utterances: Austin eventually concluded correctly that there are no purely constative utterances.


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