I'm reading Buddhist texts again and we have a few scenarios:Performative: "Performativity is a term for the capacity of speech and communication not simply to communicate but rather to act or consummate an action, or to construct and perform an identity"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Performativity
"The Amida vowed to take everyone to his Pure Land (after their death)." And so it is true, according to PL believers. Vows are definitely being treated as performatives here.
"I have faith in the Gohonzon (the Nichiren Mandala) to transform my life." And so it is true, according to Nichiren believers. These statements of faith sure feel like performatives, but I can't tell.
"I have decided espresso tastes better than drip coffee" Also, performative looking, in an area where there isn't a lot of objective criteria, a choice has been made.
I can sort of see how a vow could be performative. If I say, I'm going to make make brownies, it's reasonably true, with minor details like me not following through, the smaller the task, the more trivial the uncertainty part is, so "it shall be done!" is more like a performative.
It seems like obligatory performatives would help to distinguish when people say something is true because they are making it true and when they are saying something is true because they are going to make it true, or it is true because of some other reason, like pigheadedly ignoring evidence to the contrary.
mi lon e ni: tomo tawa pakala li kama pona sin.
tenpo kama la tan kama mi la tomo tawa pakala li pona sin lon.
wawa nimi mi la sina tu li kulupu mama pi meli en mije.