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    It is not the case that Searle's principle of expressibility holds that the meaning of a sincere performative is exhausted by its propositional content and a single corresponding illocutionary point.

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    • 1.Performatives like warnings convey urgency and emotional stance that exceed propositional content and illocutionary point.
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    • 2.Sincerity conditions themselves (needing genuine intent) add meaning beyond what propositions and points can fully specify.
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    • 3.Social context, speaker authority, and uptake requirements shape meaning in ways not reducible to content plus illocutionary force.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Sincere performatives like promises have determinate meanings that speakers can fully articulate in propositional form.
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    • 2.A single illocutionary point (promising, commanding, etc.) plus propositional content captures all essential communicative intent.
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    • 3.Distinguishing 'meaning' from non-semantic factors like tone avoids conflating linguistic content with psychological effects.
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