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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

performative utterance en · NOUN

Etymology

Coined by British philosopher J. L. Austin (1911–1960).

Meanings

  1. A sentence or other linguistic expression which, when expressed in an appropriate context, actually does or accomplishes something.

Forms

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Translations (5)

es enunciado realizativo (An expression which, when expressed in an appropriate context, actually does or accomplishes something) · de performative Sprechhandlung (An expression which, when expressed in an appropriate context, actually does or accomplishes something) · pt enunciado performativo (An expression which, when expressed in an appropriate context, actually does or accomplishes something) · sh performativna snaga iskaza (An expression which, when expressed in an appropriate context, actually does or accomplishes something) · fr énoncé performatif (An expression which, when expressed in an appropriate context, actually does or accomplishes something)