@article{ecc9eaf169214ecd822850c6a9876ebf,
title = "What{\textquoteright}s in a Name?: The Power of Austin{\textquoteright}s Performative Applied to Changes in Identity in Ruy Blas and Cyrano de Bergerac",
abstract = " Work published in Romance Notes V. 50 N. 2",
author = "Holley, {William B}",
note = "YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY WHAT'S IN A NAME? THE POWER OF AUSTIN'S PERFORMATIVE APPLIED TO CHANGES IN IDENTITY IN RUY BLAS AND CYRANO DE BERGERAC WILLIAM BRADLEY HOLLEY IN How to do Things with Words, John Austin shows that words and language have the power to do more than just communicate; they actually have the power to change reality, a notion that challenged, in his words, {"}the assumption of philosophers that the business of a 'statement ' can only be to 'describe' some state of affairs{"} (1).",
year = "2010",
doi = "10.1353/rmc.2010.0028",
language = "American English",
volume = "50",
journal = "Romance Notes",
issn = "0035-7995",
publisher = "University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill",
}