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performative utterance

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.37 in modern English

Syllables
per-for-ma-tive ut-ter-ance
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
6
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

performative utterances (plural)

Questions

What does performative utterance mean?
A sentence or other linguistic expression which, when expressed in an appropriate context, actually does or accomplishes something.
Where does performative utterance come from?
Coined by British philosopher J. L. Austin (1911–1960).

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