ANTB21H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Noam Chomsky, Performativity, Intentionality
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Performativity: words and society and how it forms a society. Theme: relationship between language, performativity and social action. Different forms of language action through speaking. Key ideas from the readings: the main point is that the performativity is that what you say. Performing as a concept is not the same as common usage of performance- not exactly what we"re talking about. 1st the chomsky perspective was looked upon. Main theme: conceptual trajectory of performativity 1st she says that the idea emerged from chomsky when he was looking as 1. competence vs. performance. Ideal - there wouldn"t be any silence or a or um. He"s into intentionality the way you speak with profs or ta"s are different than how you talk to your friends. Critiques: anthropologist are redefining the notion of competence. For some anthropologists performance is more important than competence. Its not only the competency but also the ability to use it. People learning new language requires both of these.
