2. Noun. A performative utterance. ¹
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Definition of Performative
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Performative
Literary usage of Performative
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Archiprix Internationalby Henk van der Veen by Henk van der Veen (2005)
"vertically-oriented, differentiated, non-homogeneous structural and spatial
layouts 89 >- performative Morphologies the Vertical Helix DESIGNED BY: Neri ..."
2. The Cell Phone: An Anthropology of Communicationby Heather A. Horst, Daniel Miller by Heather A. Horst, Daniel Miller (2006)
"It was the first serious study of both the necessity of performative ...
This facility for performative language has more recently become better known ..."
3. The Second Australasian Conference on Interactive Entertainment: Proceedings by Yusuf Pisan, SIGART. (2005)
"Current Research Research into the rules of musical emotion is divided largely
between two camps, the structural and the performative. ..."
4. The Queen Mary Psalter: A Study of Affect and Audience by Anne Rudloff Stanton (2001)
"Coleman writes about texts, and uses some medieval paintings as depictions of
the settings for performative, aural reading. She does not address in any ..."
5. The Maecenas And The Madrigalist: Patrons, Patronage, And The Origins Of The by Anthony M. Cummings (2004)
"Under such circumstances, compositional or performative practices that clearly
profiled the text and permitted the exquisite refinements of Petrarchan and ..."
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