Chapter 11: Events, Qualities, Quantities, And Other Vague Words: On Lojban Abstraction

13. Abstractor connection

An abstractor may be replaced by two or more abstractors joined by logical or non-logical connectives. Connectives are explained in detail in Chapter 14. The connection can be expanded to one between two bridi which differ only in abstraction marker. ✥13.1 and ✥13.2 are equivalent in meaning:

✥13.1    le ka la frank. ciska cu xlali
    .ije le ni la frank. ciska cu xlali
The quality-of Frank's writing is bad,
    and the quantity of Frank's writing is bad.

✥13.2 le ka je ni la frank. ciska cu xlali
The quality and quantity of Frank's writing is bad.

This feature of Lojban has hardly ever been used, and nobody knows what uses it may eventually have.