Speech acts - a thing we all do, without necessarily knowing
summary
Defines speech acts as three parts and claims documentation fails when intent and utterance diverge; demonstrates with two concrete examples — “Do you know what time it is” and “Can you reach the salt” — showing locutionary form produces the wrong perlocution without shared context or instruction. Advises audits for whether documentation has locutionary illocutionary perlocutionary alignment and whether the author holds the necessary mandate or authority to make statements take effect.
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