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Publication details [#4405]

Harris, Roy J. 1978. The descriptive interpretation of performative utterances. Journal of Linguistics 14 (2) : 309–310.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
performative
Journal WWW
journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

Note against the interpretation of performative utterances as descriptions rather than actions.

Reviewed by

Wachtel, Tom. 1980. Going through the motions.
Spielmann, Roger W. 1980. Performative utterances as indexical expressions: Comment on Harris.
Edmondson, Willis J. 1979. Harris on performatives.