Definition
A performative is a sentence in which the employment of a particular illocutionary force is made explicit by naming the force in the sentence itself.
Examples
(English)
- I baptize you...
- I bet you that...
Sources 5
- Sadock and Zwicky 1985, 157
- Levinson 1983, 244
- Crystal 1985, 225
- Quirk, Greenbaum, Leech, and Svartvik 1985, 180–181
- Grimes 1975