On Mon, 30 Jul 2012 00:31:22 +0000 (UTC) [email protected] wrote: > What's the diff between "performativity" and "performance"?
'Performative' used to be a notion in linguistics with a fairly clear meaning: It referred to an utterance that not only said something but also *did* what it said: E.g. 'I now pronounce you man and wife', which is a statement but also explicitly an act, and the act has a close connection with the meaning of the statement. Such statements posed a conceptual problems for certain theories of semantics. I expect it's been taken over by the lit-crit biz, however, and thoroughly muddled. -- -- Michael J. Smith [email protected] http://stopmebeforeivoteagain.org http://fakesprogress.blogspot.com http://cars-suck.org For my part, I abominate all honorable respectable toils, trials, and tribulations of every kind whatsoever. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
