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Meaning of performatively | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR C2

Definitions

In a performative manner.

not-comparable

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.
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