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    It is not the case that Relevance theory (Sperber and Wilson) predicts that connectives encode procedural meaning that constrains inferential processes without encoding propositional content.

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    • 1.Connectives like 'or' and 'and' demonstrably contribute to truth conditions: 'A and B' differs semantically from 'A or B'.
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    • 2.The procedural/conceptual distinction cannot cleanly separate what connectives do—they both constrain inference AND encode meaning.
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    • 3.Many connectives have clear paraphrases with propositional content ('because' ≈ 'due to the fact that'), undermining the distinction.
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    • 1.Connectives like 'but' and 'therefore' systematically guide interpretation without adding truth-conditional content to utterances.
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    • 2.Procedural meaning explains why connectives are untranslatable across languages despite similar logical functions.
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    • 3.Cognitive load studies show connectives reduce inferential effort by constraining, not specifying, possible interpretations.
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