„Kocham Cię” jako performatyw
„I Love You” as a Performative

Summary/Abstract: The phrase “I love you” is usually associated with a description of the sender’s sentiment. As something that talks about the emotional state of the speaker. However, this is not always the case. There are cases of using this phrase that do not serve cognitive function, when “I love you” does not “inform” about the sender’s feelings state. These words have in these cases the driving force, they are the action. The formulation which is “the doing of a certain action”, John L. Austin calls a “performative utterance,” or a “performative”. “I love you” seems to meet the conditions for such classification in at least three cases, i.e. when this sentence is pronounced to create a relationship (this is usually its first formulation by the sender and the receiver, although the time elapsed between the two statements may be long). Second, when we have the situation of renewing such a commitment – to be in a relationship and take actions for its benefits. And finally, when other forms of showing love are impossible for a variety of reasons.

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