Editing Performative utterance (section)

==Performativeness as non-dichotomous variable==
[[Eve Sedgwick]] argued that there are performative aspects to nearly all [[word]]s, [[Sentence (linguistics)|sentence]]s, and [[phrase]]s.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Sedgwick|first1=Eve|title=Touching Feeling|date=2003|publisher=Duke University Press}}</ref>
Additionally, according to Sedgwick, performative utterances can be 'transformative' performatives, which create an instant change of personal or environmental status, or 'promisory' performatives, which describe the world as it might be in the future.  These categories are not exclusive, so an utterance may well have both qualities. As Sedgwick observes, performative utterances can be revoked, either by the person who uttered them ("I take back my promise"), or by some other party not immediately involved, like the state (for example, [[gay marriage]] vows pre-legalisation).