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An instance of speech act  comprises an intentional activity engaged in by a set of actors to create a new institutional fact within a community. Speech acts are carried out through invoking a social rule and performing a prescribed set of actions often including the locution of set formulae. Correct execution of the speech act as specified by the rule results in the existence of new institutional facts. The substance of speech act is ritual action by a group. An instance of speech act begins when the intended ritual proceeding as specified by the rule invoked is initiated. The instance of speech act ends when the required set of actions specified for the action in question are executed or it is abandoned.

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