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    It is not the case that An act can be essentially communicative in nature without being communicated, just as an assertion can be insincere without ceasing to be an assertion-type speech act.

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    • 1.Communication is fundamentally relational; an act without any actual or intended recipient lacks the core feature of communication.
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    • 2.If no one could ever know an act occurred or was attempted, treating it as communicative conflates intention with actuality.
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    • 3.The analogy to insincerity fails because insincerity still involves the communicative attempt, while non-communicated acts may not.
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    • 1.Speech acts have constitutive rules that define them independently of successful uptake or transmission to an audience.
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    • 2.Sincerity conditions are distinct from identity conditions; insincere assertions remain assertions by their formal structure.
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    • 3.A private diary entry is genuinely communicative in intent and form even if never read, showing communication doesn't require reception.
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