What does performatively mean?
Performatively means In a performative manner..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
In a performative manner..
He is the God of all comfort, First, Purposely; Second, Provisionally; Third, Prescriptively and performatively.
Most of them can also be used performatively, however, i.e. to make explicit what kind of speech act it is the speaker performs (not all illocutionary verbs can be so used however: cf e.g. boast, threaten).
Use performatively when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Performatively means In a performative manner..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He is the God of all comfort, First, Purposely; Second, Provisionally; Third, Prescriptively and performatively.
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