Full Idea
The 'connectives' are expressions that link sentences but without expressing a relation that holds between the states of affairs, facts or tropes that these sentences denote.
Gist of Idea
Connectives link sentences without linking their meanings
Source
Fraser MacBride (Truthmakers [2013], 3.7)
Book Reference
'Stanford Online Encyclopaedia of Philosophy', ed/tr. Stanford University [plato.stanford.edu], p.26
A Reaction
MacBride notes that these contrast with ordinary verbs, which do express meaningful relations.