Definition
A performative verb is a verb that names an illocutionary force. It is used in a performative to perform an illocutionary act having that force.
Examples
(English)
I baptize you …
Sources 3
- Levinson 1983, 244
- Crystal 1985, 225
- Quirk, Greenbaum, Leech, and Svartvik 1985, 180–181