'Performativity and performance in Baroque Rome' -- subject(s):
Social life and customs, Baroque Civilization, Baroque Arts, Arts
and society
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Indirect performatives are utterances that imply an action is being performed without directly stating it. For example, saying "I would like you to do this" indirectly performs the action of requesting. These statements rely on context and the speaker's intention for their performativity.
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Janet Holmes Stanford is a noted author in the field of linguistics. She has written several books and articles on sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, and gender and language. Some of her famous works include "An Introduction to Sociolinguistics" and "Gender Performativity in Russian Advertising Discourse."