Performativity
Overthink
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What Is Performativity?
Ad wat canto tells us about things like chornography, hate speech and gender. The concept of performativity is often traced to the writings of the english philosopher of language, j l austin. In his book he rejects the idea which was quite popular at the time that the sole function of language is truth. He says words are not just for speaking truth or for conveying truth value. There's a lot more that you can do with words. Enter the performative.
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