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    It is not the case that J.L. Austin's speech act theory grounds illocutionary force in shared conventional procedures, not in the downstream psychological states of third-party audiences.

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    • 1.Austin admits illocutionary acts require 'uptake'—hearer recognition—suggesting audience psychology is partially constitutive of illocutionary success.
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    • 2.Conventional procedures only generate force when speakers and hearers share internalized psychological dispositions to recognize and respond to them appropriately.
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    • 3.In novel or cross-cultural contexts, identical conventional forms fail to secure illocutionary force absent shared psychological understanding, not just procedures.
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    • 1.Austin distinguishes illocutionary acts (what we do in saying) from perlocutionary acts (effects on audiences), treating them as separate categories.
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    • 2.Illocutionary force depends on uptake of conventional procedures (marriage vows, betting, promising) that are constitutive, not causally dependent on individual psychology.
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    • 3.A promise retains illocutionary force even if the hearer misunderstands or ignores it, showing force precedes psychological reception.
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