PERFORMATIVE


Meaning of PERFORMATIVE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˈfȯr-mə-tiv ]

adjective

Date: 1955

: being or relating to an expression that serves to effect a transaction or that constitutes the performance of the specified act by virtue of its utterance

performative verbs such as promise and congratulate

— compare constative

• performative noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.