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Performative writing — is a form of post modernist or avant garde academic writing, usually taking as its subject a work of visual art or performance art. It is often loosely semi autobiographical, free flowing in an ersatz stream of consciousness mode, and heavily… … Wikipedia
Performative utterance — The notion of performative utterances was introduced by J. L. Austin. Although he had already used the term in his 1964 paper Other minds , today s usage goes back to his later, remarkedly different exposition of the notion in the 1955 William… … Wikipedia
performative utterance — noun A sentence or other linguistic expression which, when expressed in an appropriate context, actually does or accomplishes something. Famous examples of performative utterances are I now pronounce you husband and wife (when uttered by the… … Wiktionary
J. L. Austin — Infobox Philosopher region = Western Philosophy era = 20th century philosophy color = #B0C4DE image caption = name = John Langshaw Austin birth = March 26, 1911 death = death date and age|1960|2|8|1911|3|26 school tradition = Linguistic… … Wikipedia
Performativity — is a concept that is related to speech act theory, to the pragmatics of language, and to the work of John L. Austin. It accounts for situations where a proposition may constitute or instantiate the object to which it is meant to refer, as in so… … Wikipedia
Deflationary theory of truth — A deflationary theory of truth is one of a family of theories which all have in common the claim that assertions that predicate truth of a statement do not attribute a property called truth to such a statement. Contents 1 Redundancy theory 2… … Wikipedia
Philosophy of language — is the reasoned inquiry into the nature, origins, and usage of language. As a topic, the philosophy of language for Analytic Philosophers is concerned with four central problems: the nature of meaning, language use, language cognition, and the… … Wikipedia
Speech act — For the US Act, see SPEECH Act of 2010. Speech Act is a technical term in linguistics and the philosophy of language. The contemporary use of the term goes back to John L. Austin s doctrine of locutionary, illocutionary, and perlocutionary acts.… … Wikipedia
List of philosophy topics (I-Q) — II and thou I Ching I Ching I proposition I Thou I Thou relationshipIaIamblichus (philosopher)IbYahya Ibn Adi Yahya Ibn Adi Ibn al Arabi Muhyi al Din Ibn al Arabi Abu Bakr Ibn Bajja Abu Bakr Ibn Bājja Abu Bakr Muhammad Ibn Yahya Ibn as Say igh… … Wikipedia
Internet slang — This article is about slang used on the Internet. For jargon related to the Internet, see Glossary of Internet related terminology. Internet slang (Internet short hand, netspeak or chatspeak) is a type of slang that Internet users have… … Wikipedia
