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Compound Sentence

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A sentence that contains one or more sentences and one or more operators.

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Component (or embedded) sentence

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A sentence that is part of a compound sentence.

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Dyadic operator

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A connective that joins together two sentences to form a compound sentence.

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Exclusive or

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The or that asserts that one or the other but not both disjuncts are true.

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Function

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a rule that relates one set of values to another set of values.

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Inclusive or

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The or that asserts that one or the other or both disjuncts are true.

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Monadic operator

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a connective that is joined to just one sentences to form a compound sentence.

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Simple sentence

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A sentence that does not contain one or more shorter sentences and does not contain one or more sentence operators.

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Truth-function

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A rule that relates one set of truth-values to another set of truth values.

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Truth-functional compound sentence

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A compound sentence with the following feature: the truth-value of the compound as a whole is a function of the truth-values of the components.

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Truth-functional operator

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An operator that forms a truth-functional compound sentence when attached to one or more component sentences.