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	Even though the ‘performative-constative’ dichotomy was given up, Austin’s theory has had great influence on modern linguistics, as his writing is accessible and his work represents a consistent line of thoughts, even though it has often been modified (cf. Thomas1997:27).		Even though the ‘performative-constative’ dichotomy was given up, Austin’s theory has had great influence on modern linguistics, as his writing is accessible and his work represents a consistent line of thoughts, even though it has often been modified (cf. Thomas1997:27).




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	~~This article is based on a term paper by Katrin Posselt, Pragmatics Course (Summer 2009) Prof. [[Volker Gast]] Department of English and American Studies, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena~~


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	The term '''"Performative"''' was introduced by [[John Langshaw Austin]] (1911 - 1960) in his philosophical lectures ''How to do things with words'' (1962), which was published two years after his death. In the context of Austin's theory of '''[[speech act]]s''' "performative" was applied to those utterances which are used to ''perform'' an act instead of describing it. Performative utterances thus stand in opposition to '''[[constative]]''' utterances, which are statements of facts.		The term '''"Performative"''' was introduced by [[John Langshaw Austin]] (1911 - 1960) in his philosophical lectures ''How to do things with words'' (1962), which was published two years after his death. In the context of Austin's theory of '''[[speech act]]s''' "performative" was applied to those utterances which are used to ''perform'' an act instead of describing it. Performative utterances thus stand in opposition to '''[[constative]]''' utterances, which are statements of facts.

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'''Performative''' is a term introduced in Austin (1962) in the context of his theory of [[speech acts]] for those utterances which are used to ''perform'' an act instead of describing it.

=== Example ===

by uttering (i) the [[speaker]] actually makes an apology, he does not describe himself apologizing for his behaviour.

(i) I apologize for my behaviour

This distinguishes performatives from constatives which are used to make a true or false statement. Performatives do not have [[truth condition]]s but [[felicity condition]]s. The type of [[verb]]s used to make performative utterances are called performatives or performative verbs: ''apologize, promise, declare''.

=== Links ===

[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Performative&lemmacode=390 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]

=== References ===

* Austin, J.L. 1962. ''How to Do Things with Words,'' Oxford University Press, Oxford.
* Chierchia and McConnell-Ginet 1990. ''Meaning and grammar,'' MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.

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