FYI the concept seems fairly distinct to me from performative utterances – performative utterances include things that are not syncing narratives (“go to the store”), and I think narrative syncing is an act that requires two people to do (performative utterance is a thing one person says, which might or might not be part of a narrative sync).
(But, agreed the two concepts are certainly related, and I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s useful literature there)
I could easily imagine a version of the command form that is nearer to narrative synching “You are going to the store” which is not a command but gets to the same end goal.
FYI the concept seems fairly distinct to me from performative utterances – performative utterances include things that are not syncing narratives (“go to the store”), and I think narrative syncing is an act that requires two people to do (performative utterance is a thing one person says, which might or might not be part of a narrative sync).
(But, agreed the two concepts are certainly related, and I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s useful literature there)
I could easily imagine a version of the command form that is nearer to narrative synching “You are going to the store” which is not a command but gets to the same end goal.