Module Five

Constative utterances can be either true or false.

Which of the following utterances is a constative:

Performative utterances rest on convention and reiteration.

Performative utterances can be true or false.

Any behavior that resembles theater can be considered "performative"

Infelicities are failed performatives.

According to Austin, a misfire is:

A performative in which the act is completed, accomplished, but in fact it proves hollow is known as:

A performative is an utterance that performs an action.

Which of the followings is a performative? (Mark all that apply)

When performatives fail, we call them:

JL Austin famous lecture series "How to Do Things with Words" was first presented in:

Abuses occur when:

Performatives that accomplish what they intend to accomplish are called: