Re: [lojban] xorlo and default quantifiers

[Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 11:10 PM, Ian Johnson <blindbravado@gmail.com> wrote:
> Umm, how does the place structure of a JA tanru work again?

The tertau rules the place structure. The other components of the
tanru have no effect on the place structure, they can only affect the
meaning.

>Because this is
> the place structure you seemed to be using:
> selte'i = x1 is/are the only one(s) with property x2 among x3
> But this is the place structure of xagrai:
> xagrai =  t1=x1 is the best among set/range t4 for x2 by standard x3.

Right, "xagrai ja selte'i" inherits the place structure of "selte'i".

> (FWIW, gi'a would have eliminated this question.)

Yes, but in that case only the first sumti would have been shared.

mu'o mi'e xorxes

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