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Phew, I'm so glad the exam is over, Hana! |
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Me too, Liz. Especially since it was our linguistics exam, your comment actually made me think of Austin's speech Act Theory. |
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Right, good point. According to Austin, we perform actions with our words. Your reminder fits perfectly here. |
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Exactly. Austin categorized these actions into constatives and performatives. |
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Yeah, constatives are statements that describe a situation and can be judged as true or false. For example, "The exam is over" is a constative because it describes the status of the exam and we can verity if it's true or false. |
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