Austin says, "No, actually that's not the most interesting part of language
because words are not just for speaking truth or for conveying truth value.
There's a lot more that you can do with words.
Enter the performative.
Austin distinguishes different types of speech acts.
So basically, things we say, and he says that there's a particular kind
speech act called a performative, which actually brings about a state of affairs
This is in contrast with most of the things we say, which
would be called constative
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