Performative verb

In English grammar and speech-act theory, a performative verb is a verb that explicitly conveys t...

List of performative verbs: DO, NAME, PRONOUNCE, PROMISE, GUARANTEE, APOLOGIZE, ADMIT, CONFESS, T...

A performative verb is a verb where saying it or writing it performs the action itself. If you sa...

performative verb (施为动词)，简单地说，就是一种“言语行为”性质的动词。就是说，这个动词表示的动作是通过speech 表达出来的，它是一个speech-act ...

PERFORMATIVE VERB. A term used in philosophy and linguistics for a type of VERB (apologize, forbi...