In a message dated 1/30/2002 9:52:54 AM Central Standard Time, jjllambias@hotmail.com writes:The Book says that {ca'e} is also used for performatives. It does Why, so it does! I wish someone had noticed that the last time we had a go-round on performatives; what we came up with was unsatisfying to all, as I recall. I also wish that that, rather than "define" was the stated case, since "define" is very much a special case. I like the idea of God as the performative expert par excellence, able to create physical objects, not just contractual bindings. |