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Dictionary of language and linguistics 392exclusioncontact testexclusive disjunctionIn formal logic connection of two elementary propositions p and q by or, such that thepropositional connection is true if and only if either p or q is true, but not if both are true(in contrast with inclusive or, disjunction). This relation is represented in the (twoplace)truth table:p q p qt t ft f tf t tf f fThis or (also: exclusive or), which corresponds to Lat. aut…aut… (‘either this one or theother one, but not both of them’) frequently occurs in everyday language.exhortative [Lat. exhortari ‘to encourage’]Sentence type with verb-initial placement in English and many Indo-Europeanlanguages which expresses a request for joint action, often coded in the first personplural: Let’s meet tomorrow in the park!