performativo 21
1. Jesus is a verb whose enunciation performs the action that means or a wording that implies the simultaneous realization by the speaker of the evoked action. Ahem. I swear. 2. There are some verbs, called performative by linguists, who have an effect because the State, provided that this enunciation occurs in a given context. It's "speech acts" and not simple statements: more to transmit information serving to do something.