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ISSN: 1675-8021 195 Accordingly, we can infer the following unexpressed premise based on al-Maliki’s point of view the demonstrators
crave sectarian conflict, and any sectarian conflict incites uncontrollable killing and fighting. Meaning, the illocutionary force of the argument is different from the illocutionary force at the sentence level. The illocutionary force implies that al-Maliki indirectly warns the public about the danger of the demonstration. The illocutionary act of this fallacy is seen in Table
4. TABLE 4. The illocutionary force of apathetic fallacy (pathos negative / positive)
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