Meaning of performatively | Babel Free
Examples
“He is the God of all comfort, First, Purposely; Second, Provisionally; Third, Prescriptively and performatively.”
“Most of them can also be used performatively, however, i.e. to make⟳ explicit what kind of speech act it is the speaker performs (not all illocutionary verbs can be so used however: cf e.g. boast, threaten⟳).”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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