![]() ![]() By examining how performative uses of language either fail or succeed to have their customary effect, Austin further distinguishes the ways performatives function within social and cultural contexts. By offering a wealth of everyday examples (such as “I do” when said in a marriage ceremony or “I bet” when playing a card game) he convinced me quite quickly that there are many ways that we use words to do things. ![]() I was initially drawn in by Austin’s distinction between the constative and performative uses of language. ![]() Here I’ll try talking about what seems to me most important from Austin’s observations and what applications do I see for these theories for my work in composition. While I took great pleasure in reading Austin’s How to Do Things with Words, I am daunted by the task of summarizing and reflecting on it. ![]()
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