THE TRAP OF CONSTATIVE UTTERANCE

THE TRAP OF CONSTATIVE UTTERANCE

THE TRAP OF CONSTATIVE UTTERANCE While performatives can be classified as actions, constatives are just statements or sayings that are as they are in nature. Constatives are said to have the following functions: It conveys a message; That message can be compared to...
New Possibilities Through Performatives

New Possibilities Through Performatives

New Possibilities Through Performatives I’m not quite sure if you’ve encountered the word performatives before. It sounds as complicated as the previous speech acts we’ve discussed.  Yet, it is a little more interesting in my opinion. It is as simple as it is...