Routledge Dictionary of Language and Linguistics
1 Linguistic expression with the function of joining sentences (
connection).
Conjunctions and conjunctive adverbs belong to the class of connectives. They join either propositions or states of affairs (semantic connectives) or illocutions (pragmatic connectives): for example, He is happy, because it is raining (joining of states of affairs) vs He is happy, for it is raining (reason for a proposition).
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2 Logical particle. ( logical connective)
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