performative

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/pəˈfɔːmətɪv/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(pər fôr′mə tiv)

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performative adj (linguistics: performing an action) (Lingüística)performativo adj
 "I promise" is an example of a performative utterance.
performative n (linguistics: speech act) (Lingüística)acto performativo nm + adj
 In linguistics class we are learning about the difference between performatives and constatives.
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