Vol.8, No 2, 2010 pp. 105 - 113
UDC
81'367.625
ON PERFORMATIVES
Ivana Stojanović Prelević
Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade
E-mail:
ivana_stjnvc@yahoo.com
Can we translate every performative to constative? If we can do this, does it mean that performatives are constatives? J. L. Austin made a distinction between performative and constative, but in time he gave up that distinction. Some theoreticians criticize Austin for using just conventional acts (Grice) and for his attitude that performatives are not spiritual acts (Loxley). We accept performatives as conventional and spiritual acts. In this paper the author explores some conventional speech acts- imperatives and requests, using Austin's conditions for successful speech acts and giving the argument against ambiguity thesis.
Key words: performatives/conventional acts/ambiguity thesis/imperatives/requests
O PERFORMATIVIMA
Da li svaki performativ možemo prevesti u konstativ? Ukoliko je to moguće, da li to znači da su svi performativi konstativi? Džon Ostin je pravio razliku između performativa i konstativa, međutim, vremenom je odustao od te distinkcije. Neki teoretičari kritikuju Ostina zato što analizira samo konvencionalne činove (Grajs) a neki to što Ostin ne uzima da su performativi duhovni činovi (Luksli). Mi prihvatamo da su performativi konvencionalni i duhovni činovi. U ovom radu autor istražuje neke konvencionalne činove-imperative i molbe, koristeći Ostinove uslove za uspešne performative i argument protiv teze dvosmislenosti.
Ključne reči: performativi⁄ konvencionalni činovi⁄teza dvosmislenosti⁄imperativi⁄molbe
