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Performative utterance

In the philosophy of language and speech acts theory, performative utterances are sentences which not only describe a given reality, but also change the social reality they are describing.

Measurement, Performative text & Austin's definition

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Austin's definition

John Searle

Performative text

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Performativeness as non-dichotomous variable

Performative writing

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Performative utterance

Nodes56
Edges55
Triples31
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.035714
Components1

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Performative utterance

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related to Performative text · 8
Performative utterance → Another, Building, Early, In, One, Richard Schechner, The, There
related to John Searle · 7
Performative utterance → Austin's, Building, John Searle, On, Searle, These, This
related to Postmodernist theories · 7
Performative utterance → Austin, Bearing, Because, Instead, Jacques Derrida, Searle, The
related to Performativeness as non-dichotomous variable · 5
Performative utterance → Additionally, As Sedgwick, Eve Sedgwick, Sedgwick, These
related to Austin's definition · 4
Performative utterance → Austin, In, Performative, The

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Performative utterancerelated to Austin's definitionIn0.60section
Performative utterancerelated to Austin's definitionAustin0.60section
Performative utterancerelated to Austin's definitionPerformative0.60section
Performative utterancerelated to Austin's definitionThe0.60section
Performative utterancerelated to John SearleBuilding0.60section
Performative utterancerelated to John SearleAustin's0.60section
Performative utterancerelated to John SearleJohn Searle0.60section
Performative utterancerelated to John SearleOn0.60section
Performative utterancerelated to John SearleSearle0.60section
Performative utterancerelated to John SearleThese0.60section
Performative utterancerelated to John SearleThis0.60section
Performative utterancerelated to Performative textBuilding0.60section

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