Performative Verbs
Performative Verbs is a linguistic construct that designates verbs used in utterances which do not merely describe actions but instead function to perform illocutionary acts such as promising, declaring, or appointing, thereby bringing about the action they name through their utterance under appropriate conditions.
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A classification of illocutionary acts
John R. Searle · Language in Society · 1976 · 3K citations
A large-scale classification of English verbs
Karin Kipper, Anna Korhonen, Neville Ryant et al. · Computers and the Humanities · 2007 · 335 citations
John R. Searle · 2008 · 247 citations
Speaking of Motion: Verb Use in English and Spanish
Letitia Naigles, Ann R. Eisenberg, Edward Kako et al. · Language and Cognitive Processes · 1998 · 216 citations
J. O. Urmson · Mind · 1952 · 188 citations
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Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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University of Pennsylvania
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Radboud University Nijmegen
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Max Planck Society
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University of Groningen
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University College London
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UiT The Arctic University of Norway
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University of California, Berkeley
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