Sentence examples for a performative from inspiring English sources

Further, since it is merely a type of sentence, one can utter a performative without performing a speech act.

I was rather a shy child, not a natural performer, but there was a performative edge to everything I did".

As we have seen, one can perform a speech act without uttering a performative.

Historian of religion Benjamin Ray uses the performance of rituals within religions as evidence for a performative interpretation of language.

It's a performative voice.

"It's a performative manifestation all the time.

This is a "performative battle," as the prologue asserts.

But there is also a performative aspect to the event.

Measuring is based on an interpretative and supposedly also a performative process which is thus a formative instrument in itself.

It's a performative laugh, forced out not chuckled, and the initial reaction is one of annoyance.

Architects Design a Performative Bauhaus Museum Concept.