relating to something that someone says, when the words which they use perform a particular action, for example when someone says ‘I promise’ or ‘I now declare you man and wife’
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anaphoric
cataphoric
compound
performative
adjectivelinguistics
US /pərˈfɔrmətɪv/
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performative friendshipnoun
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relating to something that someone says, when the words which they use perform a particular action, for example when someone says “I promise” or “I now declare you man and wife”