English Explanatory Dictionary

performative utterance

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

performative utterance performative utterances

Etymology

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

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