PERFORMATIVE VERB. A term used in philosophy and linguistics for a type of VERB (apologize, forbid, inform, promise, request, thank) that can explicitly ...
SkiptomaincontentHumanitiesEncyclopediasalmanacstranscriptsandmapsPERFORMATIVEVERBPERFORMATIVEVERBoxfordviewsupdatedPERFORMATIVEVERB.AtermusedinphilosophyandlinguisticsforatypeofVERB(apologize,forbid,inform,promise,request,thank)thatcanexplicitlyconveythekindofspeechactbeingperformed.InsayingIapologizeformybehaviour,someoneismakinganapology,whichcouldalsobedoneinpartatleastwithoutsuchaverb:Mybehaviourwasutterlydeplorable.Generally,theperformativeverbinsuchsentencesisinthesimplepresentactiveandthesubjectisI,buttheverbmaybeinthesimplepresentpassiveandthesubjectneednotbeI:Smokingisforbidden;Thecommitteethanksyouforyourservices.Atestforwhetheraverbisbeingusedperformativelyisthepossibleinsertionofhereby:Iherebyapologize;Thecommitteeherebythanksyou.Inhedgedperformatives,theverbispresentbutthespeechactisperformedindirectly:insayingImustapologizeformybehaviour,thespeakerisexpressinganobligationtomakeanapology,butimpliesthattheacknowledgementofthatobligationisthesameasanapology.Incontrast,Iapologizedisareport,andMustIapologize?isarequestforadvice.ConciseOxfordCompaniontotheEnglishLanguage×CitethisarticlePickastylebelow,andcopythetextforyourbibliography.MLAChicagoAPA"PERFORMATIVEVERB
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