- Verbslike"name"areknownasperformativeverbs.Itwas"performative,"intheterminologyofthelinguisticphilosopherJohnAustin.Placardsaresocialsignsthathavethesocialfunctionsofgivingdirections,warningoradvicewithcertainperformativeverbs.Thetowerbodyisdevel...
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