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performatives

performatives is the plural of performative.

Meaning of performative

Noun

performative (plural performatives)

  1. A performative utterance.
    • The distinction between constatives and performatives is one of the distinctions that he starts questioning.2011, Phyllis Kaburise, Speech Act Theory and Communication: A Univen Study, page 77

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Questions about performatives

What is performatives the plural of?
Performatives is the plural of performative.

Words near performatives in the dictionary

  1. performative authoritarianism
  2. performative utterance
  3. performative utterances
  4. performatively
  5. performativeness
  6. performatives
  7. performativism
  8. performativities
  9. performativity
  10. performators
  11. performatory

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