Name: 【TED-Ed】Speech acts: Constative and performative - Colleen Glenney Boggs
Uploaded: 2015-02-01T11:37:37.000Z
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a big, red "No Running" sign at a public pool?

the pace on the deck reflects this statement.

So, is this sign portraying the pool's environment,

The difference between a statement that describes

is an idea developed by British linguist J. L. Austin.

that describe something as true or false,

To help us distinguish these two parts of speech,

After checking with a friendly park official

with a newspaper, and the headline reads,

However, the sky is cloudy and it feels quite chilly.

at the blue trash bin that says, "Recycle."

In this case, the performative of "Recycle"

These actions include, but are not limited to,

Take a look at the wedding near the gazebo.

The speech act here are the words, "I do."

These words cause them to marry one another.

Imagine if the mayor showed up to the wedding

I name this gazebo 'The Mayor's Pizza Palace.'"

the gazebo would be known by its new name.

decides to name the gazebo after her favorite cat,

the chances are the name would not change.

under which the performative can be enacted.

The performative should have proper authority,

If the performative doesn't meet these conditions,

But just because a performative meets its conditions

doesn't mean that it's implicitly followed.

a rowdy group of teenagers races to the high dive.

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【TED-Ed】Speech acts: Constative and performative - Colleen Glenney Boggs

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