ANTB21H3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Intentionality, Grammatical Aspect, Indexicality
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Review for midterm antb21 tutorial: performativity: - saying is doing [sign language is different from language] Rosaldo- not all languages have intentions of showing self consciousness. Performativity doesn"t go into all languages cause its much more like a western based theory critique western concept of language. When you think of performativity, there"s an intent. Intentionality is a key characteristic of performativity as a concept . Saying is doing commanding or saying something, making it real, the believe that what we say is shaped by our reality and the context shape what we say. Talk that performs an action in the saying of it e. g. could you please fill out your name on top of your exam asking you to perform the action. How are p erformatives different than constantive- it can be true or false. And describe the world around us descriptive. Austin questions like this will be on the.
