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S vs Performative - What's the difference?

s | performative |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective performative is

being enacted as it is said.

As a noun performative is

a performative utterance.

s

Translingual

{{Basic Latin character info, previous=r, next=t, image= (wikipedia s)

Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    performative

    English

    (wikipedia performative)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Being enacted as it is said.
    • An example of a performative utterance could be, "I name this boat ''Alfred''".

    Related terms

    * performativity

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A performative utterance.

    • Synonyms

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