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Insincere speech acts and insincere speech genres

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This article is devoted to justification of insincere speech genres.

Speech genre is understood to be a form of utterance through which a speech act is being realized.
Based on the type of falsified intention (assertive, volitive and emotive), three types of insincere speech acts are distinguished – lie (insincere assertives), manipulation (insincere directives) and hypocrisy - pretending, flattery and slander (insincere expressives). 
Therewith, the speaker has a hidden perlocutionary goal of deceiving the recipient displaying itself in his intention to set the utterance in a form that isn't different from a sincere one.

The conclusion is drawn that only speech acts can be insincere, not genres.

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