performative utterance

Etymology
(1911–1960).

Noun

 * 1)  A sentence or other linguistic expression which, when expressed in an appropriate context, actually does or accomplishes something.

Translations

 * French: énoncé performatif
 * German: performative Sprechhandlung
 * Portuguese: enunciado performativo
 * Serbo-Croatian: performativna snaga iskaza
 * Spanish: enunciado realizativo