Performative Linguistics expiration date Series Editor: Mark Bevir

Series Editor: Mark Bevir

Chapters have again been written by experts who come from a wide range of clinical and academic backgrounds

from what we speculate and how we might test it

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Performative Linguistics expiration date Series Editor: Mark BevirIn this book, Douglas Robinson introduces a new distinction between 'constative' and 'performative' linguistics, arguing that Austin's distinction can be used to understand linguistic methodologies. Constative linguistics, Robinson suggests, includes methodologies aimed at 'freezing' language as an abstract sign system, while performative linguistics explores how language is used or 'performed' in those speech situations. Robinson then tests his