Re: Performative verbs (was: Re: here is some stuff i want all of ya'll to look at)

Christophe wrote:

<<I still have to find out what exactly the
performative of verbs like "run", "sleep" and "die" can mean, but I'll find
out ;) .>>

Honestly, though, what *is* a performative verb but a magic
spell?   Provided you have the authority (i.e., you're some kind
of magician), your word becomes deed--like Milton said, with
his interpretation of "be fruitful and multiply".   So if when a
judge of some kind says "You're married", or "You're guilty"
you *become* married or guilty, then when a Maggelian magician
says "You're dead", man, you be dead!

-David
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