Performative Verbs

While doing the homework Wednesday night I was completely confused on chapter 17 so for my blog work this week I am going to make sure I understand the parts that I that I had the most trouble with.

Performative Verbs:

He ran over the bridge.

This would not be a performative verb because you can not say I herby ran, it would have to be run and it would only work if while the person was saying this phrase they would have to be actually running. This also is not a performative verb because of the tense and the fact that it is not in first person.

I forgive you.

This would be a performative verb because it has all three qualifications of being a performative verb. One can say “I herby forgive you”. Forgive is in the present tense. The sentence is in first person.

I talked on the phone with her.

This is not a performative verb because even though it is in the right person it is not in the right tense. If it was “I talk on the phone” it would work because it would be in the correct tense and one could say “I herby talk”.